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James Cummins

Poetry

Summer 1992

Reading Hemingway

By James Cummins

Reading Hemingway makes me so hungry, for jambon, cheeses, and a dry white wine. Cold, of course, very cold. And very dry. Reading Hemingway makes some folks angry: the hip […]

Poetry

Summer 1992

White Rose

By James Cummins

Her hair is white now, like the mystic rose she writes about without affect or ploy. She burns, a meditation upon joy, a joy whose darkness is the Self it […]