Measured by Stone

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Curbstone Press, 2007 - Poetry - 91 pages

These poems exhibit the range of Sam Hamill's celebrated practice and vision, from philosophical and discursive elements to the intensely lyrical, from his continuing poems of praise (and elegies) for fellow poets to the clear influence of the Zen classics he has so notably translated.

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Ars Poetica
1
Arguing with Milosz in Vilnius
14
Vigilance
28
Copyright

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Sam Hamill was an American poet who authored fourteen volumes of original poetry. In addition, he published three collections of essays and two dozen volumes translated from ancient Greek, Latin, Estonian, Japanese, and Chinese. He was a founding editor of Copper Canyon Press and director of Poets Against War. His work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. He died in 2018.

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