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Elena Karina Byrne

  • Look at me / when you say 'I see what you mean.' / Don't get me wrong: / I can mean what I say, seem / to say much more, or / with the wave of one hand over / the blank page of error, I can / say nothing at all.

    • Elena Karina Byrne,
    • "Mother Tongue," The Flammable Bird ()

Elena Karina Byrne, U.S. poet, artist, educator, editor

(1959)