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Hilma af klimt, Wheat and wormwood, 1922.

Losing a Language

W. S. Merwin
April 1, 1987
A stack of old issues of The Yale Review. Courtesy Pentagram

Native

W. S. Merwin
April 1, 1987
A ruined palace, backdrop from La Gioconda. The Victrola Book of the Opera, 1917.

The Ponchielli Complex

James Merrill
October 1, 1986

Down the Alleymouth

Charles Simic
July 1, 1985

Dream Overture

John Ashbery
July 1, 1985

First Frost

Charles Simic
July 1, 1985

The Hug

Thom Gunn
July 1, 1985