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Jorie Graham

Nature's (Human) Nature

May/June 2018

On Salgado’s “Genesis” / On Disturbance or

By Jorie Graham

                        the laying down on                         the earth of the five-fingered silvermailed open hand of the Iguana. Life size. Look. Everything in life turns out to be                         life- size. These five fingers […]

Poetry

Winter 2001

Philosopher’s Stone

By Jorie Graham

It’s like this. There are quantities. There’s on-         goingness—there’s an underneath. Over it we lay time: although it’s more like takes and re-          takes by mind (eyes closed) then clickings […]

Poetry

Summer/ Autumn 1997

Manteau

By Jorie Graham

In the fairy tale the sky   makes of itself a coat because it needs you   to put it on. How can it do this?   It collects its motes. It condenses […]