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End Grain
is an opening, is all
we can see
of the long
strands that make
the pathways for
rays, bisecting
annular rings,
the most
vulnerable door
of what makes
the holiest of
things.
Source: Poetry (January 2013).
Biography
Matthew Nienow is the recipient of a 2011 NEA Fellowship. His latest chapbook is The End of the Folded Map (Codhill Press, 2011).
Poems by Matthew Nienow
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Nature, Trees & Flowers, Religion, The Spiritual, Arts & Sciences, Architecture & Design, Painting & Sculpture
Poetic Terms Couplet, Free Verse
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