...The sea is the sky's
gray mirror, and I am
in the dream of its plain reflection, the still water
before a wave's ascent...

from "Sea Psalm"
--by Jennifer Chang

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…It was only the sea sounding weary

After so many lifetimes

Of pretending to be rushing off somewhere

And never getting anywhere.…

from “Late September”
- by Charles Simic

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... crows brighten by blackening until the day comes untethered
until they set their shadows down

there’s a glint on the underside of everything

-- from 10,000 Crows, by Chelsea Jennings

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"Dusk and snow this hour
in argument have settled
nothing. Light persists,
and darkness...."

from "January" by Betty Adcock

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There Are Delicacies

there are delicacies in you
like the hearts of watches
there are wheels that turn
on the tips of rubies
& tiny intricate locks

i need your help
to contrive keys
there is so little time
even for the finest
of watches

--by Earle Birney

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