Measured by StoneThese 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 |
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