First Epistle to the AmphibiansRicardo Domeneck (trans. Chris Daniels) A consummately international poet, acclaimed poet Ricardo Domeneck centers the body in all its moisture and all its fluids, while never settling on a master style. Writing with tenderness and anger about earthly experience, friendship, love, and nature, and reacting against the previous generations anti lyrical, impersonal poesia de inveno, Domeneck introduced a dense corporeal lyricism salted with camp at its

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then writing new poems in response to what they receive

hope and darkness

He knows the impossibility of wholeness

The translation is at two removes

The continuous listening company demands—company including imaginary self

Rather than establishing a singular truth behind this enigmatic poem

silly talk

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van de vele bandjes waarin hij speelde tot het doortimmerde ritme van zijn gedichten

houden van

translation David Hinton