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By Antonio Gamoneda
Translated By Katherine M. Hedeen & Víctor Rodríguez Núñez
From the violent dampnesses, from

the places where residues

of storms and sobs intertwine

comes

Prose from Poetry Magazine

By Carlie Hoffman

On a years-long endeavor to translate Ausländer’s poems for the first essential selection to be published in the United States.

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By Peter O’Leary

One of the most famous poems in English, one of the first encounters readers have with modern poetry—and may have even invented modern poetry.

"And would it have been worth it, after all, Would it have been worth while, After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets, After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor – And this, and so much more? --"