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Winter 1956 • Vol. XVIII No. 1 • Poetry |

The Savages

By Josephine Miles

As we rowed from our ships and set foot on the shore
In the still coves,
We met our images.

Our brazen images emerged from the mirrors of the wood
Like yelling shadows,
So we searched our souls,

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