Date: 1892
"Futile the winds / To a heart in port,-- / Done with the compass, / Done with the chart."
preview | full record— Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)
Date: 1946
"Just as the ties recur beneath his train, these underlie / his rushing brain."
preview | full record— Bishop, Elizabeth (1911-1979)
Date: 2011
"It's about letting go of the clench in your forehead and letting your heart steer."
preview | full record— Nadzam, Bonnie
Date: May 20, 2013
"As this book began to veer astray, I felt that Lindemann's mind was like a sleek yacht built for exhilarating grace and speed but commandeered by moldy tyrants for mundane use as a sluggish freighter."
preview | full record— Paglia, Camille (b. 1947)
Date: 2018
"I'm doing fine / Trying to derail my one track mind."
preview | full record— Dacus, Lucy (b. May 2, 1995)