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Rowing with just one oar
I lost that oarFor the first time I looked round at the wide stretch of water
[from, FLOWERS OF A MOMENT, Boa Editions, 2006]
After a weekend with Susan, this is just the book I want to buy. Thanks for sharing it.
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Your brush stroke
for the first time I looked – saw
the wide space
This is gorgeous! Many thanks. Merrill
When BOA, the American publisher, was putting the book together, a large package arrived from Korea. Without advance word, or explanation, the poet simply sent a slew of his treasurable brush drawings, as illustrations of the English-language edition ( many in color ).
Another amazing feature of the book is how each book sets out in a new space from previous ones, like a tree unfolding 185 braches, one by one …
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