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Spring 1963 • Vol. XXV No. 2 • Poetry |

Epithalamion

For Ed and Mimi Koren 

Rooted, towering, tipped
with a flicker of leaves, the elms
stand in their April blossoming,
whole in their power, yet spare,
tentative yet in the full
ramifications of beauty;
the rich green crown, the sea
of foaming light, the summer
glory to be.

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