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Daniel Anderson

Poetry

Winter 2005

Thorns. Thistles.

By Daniel Anderson

The finches jig and sprint. They tease the sprinkler's oscillating spray That pulses like a sterling macramé Of water on the lawn. If actuaries are to be believed, Barring unforeseen […]