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The American Poetry Review
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March 1, 2007
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2007 World Poetry, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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A bird with a cry like a cell phone says something
to a bird which sounds like a manual typewriter.
Out of sight in the woods, the creek trickles
its ongoing sentence, with clusters of syllable
where it tangles and changes--from treble to baritone,
from dependent clause to interrogative.
The trees rustle over the house: they are
excited to be entering the poem
in late afternoon, when the clouds are creamy and massive,
as if to illustrate contentment.
And maybe a wind will knock off the last dead leaves;
and a ...
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