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  • 131The Place of the Solitaires — is a poem from Wallace Stevens s first book of poetry, Harmonium. It was first published in the journal Poetry in October, 1919, so it is in the public domain. [http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4077] Some interpreters understand the poem …

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  • 132waka — /wah keuh/, n., pl. waka, wakas. 1. Pros. tanka. 2. poetry written in Japanese, as distinct from poetry written in Chinese by a Japanese writer, or poetry in other languages. [1875 80; < Japn: lit., Japanese song < MChin, equiv. to Chin hé&#8230; …

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