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Martin Halpern

Poetry

Spring 1959

The Myopic Musician

By Martin Halpern

Unless the apple show teeth-marks, or the vase The smudge of a half-patched crack where somebody once, By temper, accident, or perverse design, Placed some impression of himself, still-lifes Don’t […]

Poetry

Spring 1959

The After-Dream

By Martin Halpern

E quando ella fosse alquanto propinqua al salutare, uno spirito d’Amore, distruggendo tutti gli altri spiriti sensitivi, pingea fuori i deboletti spiriti del viso, e dicca loro: “Andate ad onorare […]