End Grain

By Matthew Nienow

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)

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Matthew Nienow was born in Los Angeles and spent most of his youth in Seattle. He earned an MFA from the University of Washington and a degree in Traditional Small Craft from the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding. His work has appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal, New...

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