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The linen wrapped to make a chevron
pointed toward earth
like an arrow that flies by day
to the gold-rooted…
pointed toward earth
like an arrow that flies by day
to the gold-rooted…
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By Dalia Taha
Translated By Sara Elkamel
The book you held in your hands
now lies on the nightstand by your bed, in its heart
the lines you sketched…
now lies on the nightstand by your bed, in its heart
the lines you sketched…
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S is for _____, with a Line from Keats
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Surely I must be in love
to make sabayon.
To unshelf Larousse
Gastronomique,
to make sabayon.
To unshelf Larousse
Gastronomique,
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Linda Gregg was born in New York and raised in Marin County, California. She earned both a BA and an MA from San Francisco State University. Gregg published many several collections of poetry, including All of It Singing: New and Selected Poems (2008), a Los Angeles Times Favorite Book of 2008 and winner of the Poetry Society of America’s William Carlos Williams Award; In the Middle Distance (2006); Things and Flesh (1999), finalist for the Kingsley...
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