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Amy Newman

Poetry

Fall 2009

The Fox

By Amy Newman

The fox didn't know it was tame. I fed the fox; I provided the environment. Just don't hurt the cats, I warned. The fox was unaware it was tame. It […]

Poetry

Fall 2009

The Perennials

By Amy Newman

Underneath is planetary dark, a stupor of languid tubers, heedless, lax, careless, irreligious—interrupted again by light, followed by a series of disappointments. Oh give up with your amnesia of springtime. […]