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Summer 1987 • Vol. IX No. 3 • Poetry |

Black Oak

By Robert Hill Long

For Ki Davis, d. 1983

 

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The Power to Die

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My living room is simple: oak floor,whitewashed walls. Friends over for winter dinnerremove their shoes at the door,relax on pillows close by the fire.On the fireplace mantel there’s a crockdug […]

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