Poetry in America

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POETRY IN AMERICA Pitt Poetry SerieS Ed Ochester, Editor POETRY IN AMERICA Julia Spicher KaSdorf university of pittsburgh press Published by the University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Copyright © 2011, Julia Spicher Kasdorf All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Printed on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN 13: 978-0-8229-6156-7 ISBN 10: 0-8229-6156-3 for Amelia Clare Little bird, little bird fly through my window. —Traditional American folk song Il faut être léger comme l’oiseau et non comme la plume. One should be light like a bird, not like a feather. —Paul Valéry, Choses tues (1930) ...