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Daneen Wardrop

Poetry

Fall 2010

Draw into your room the

By Daneen Wardrop

Draw into your room the birds curled by a finger, to your chest the mountains from between slats of blinds,                                streamer by streamer. We’re not stopping, not counting       in this […]

Poetry

Fall 2010

Gift

By Daneen Wardrop

A mix-up, and a package from you has arrived two weeks after you. White box painted with red and yellow flowers             bright as patois. No perches like on a birdhouse— […]