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Lewis Turco

Poetry

Autumn 1963

A Family Celebration

By Lewis Turco

A sly laugh dogs my fancy: grandfather, the old wag, tales off again; the children clamor and glide in bushy shadow; green grass grows all around all around under the […]

Poetry

Spring 1960

Party Game

By Lewis Turco

“I love your hair that way,” she said.   We sought through rooms for something warm enough. We tested miles of bed, lay on an open moor that spread   beyond fourposters […]