A contemporary poem about the wrong way home, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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I took the road that leaned away from home. It passed a field where the fence had forgotten its purpose. A gate swung open for no one. I entered because the wind made room. At dusk, my shadow arrived first. I followed it the rest of the way.
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A contemporary poem about a door opens in the wrong place, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
A contemporary poem about a door sized for elsewhere, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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