“Wisely watch for the sight
Of the supernova burgeoning over the barn,
Lampshine blurred in the steam of beasts, the spirit's right
Oasis, light incarnate.”

— Richard Wilbur

A World Without Objects is a Sensible Emptiness

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American poet 1921–2017

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