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The Awl in The Awl
Aug 3, 2017 · 1 min

A Poem by Maggie Smith

Poor Sheep

Who sheared the fog from the mountains? They’re bleating, nearly bald, huddled together at the horizon. Or I’m reading too much into the landscape again. Projecting, as if playing a recorded image of myself on the screen of terrain. I am…

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The Awl in The Awl
Jul 27, 2017 · 1 min

A Poem by Kate Colby

Integer*

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Wind can’t move the light only what’s in front of it.

Stirring shadow- shaped leaves

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The Awl
The Awl in The Awl
Jul 20, 2017 · 1 min

A Poem by Chaya Bhuvaneswar

Mount of the Dead Men

Sculptor left your stone eyes blank. But you were busy looking someplace else.

No dancing girl, Mohenjo Daro, terra cotta, Indian Jazz Baby, Twenties flapper contraband for bobbed hair alone.

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