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Bare Patches

Mike Rivera

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William Stafford - So long

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At least at night, a streetlight
is better than a star.
And better good shoes on a
long walk than a good friend.

Often in winter wit...
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Peter Balakian - Saigon / New Jersey

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It was russet light, Orchard Lane,
white-shingle colonials

and the ch ch of the sprinklers,
small rainbows in twilight,

the fab...
6 months ago
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Lenore Myers - The Triangular Field (1955)

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Beyond the hedgerow, just
a scritch, barely human
form, so close to being
landscapey themselves—
two triangles away from serious
graz...
6 months ago
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Arthur Sze - Stilling to North

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Just as the blue tip of a compass needle
stills to north, you stare at a pencil

with sharpened point, a small soapstone
bear with a tiny...
7 months ago
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Li-Young Lee - One Heart

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Look at the birds. Even flying
is born

out of nothing. The first sky
is inside you, open

at either end of day.
The work of...
8 months ago
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