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July/Aug 2021 • Vol. XLIII No. 4 • Poetry |

Exercises in Fireworks

By Yam Gong, James Shea, and Dorothy Tse

On a dark night
a single conch
blows parti-colored songs

Fish from another sea
crisscross
a branch of coral

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By Paisley Rekdal

Frederick Jackson Turner, lecture to the American Historical Association, 1893 Already have an account? Log in Join KR for even more to read. Sign up for a free account and […]

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