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Henry Howard

Robert Mezey

He raised hell and broke windows, and even worse” A rash, unruly, haughty aristocrat. If so, so what? He wrote the first blank verse And some of our first...

Ghazal to the One

Robert Mezey

Sun’s bliss, leaf shadows, a honeyed breeze” The world as he would have it be for you, Your faithful, humble, and obedient servant, One who has no other goddess...