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Cyrus Taylor, Shaker Lake Predawn<\/p><\/div>\n

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Letter from Major Ragain<\/strong>
\nSelected quotes, November 1994<\/em><\/p>\n

Duet of cards
\nlashed to the prow
\ndeep winter wakeup<\/p>\n

Tongue’s fire making out
\nthe principle here
\nlimited containment<\/p>\n

Surf and snowy peaks
\nstuff of the midwest
\nrats in the granary<\/p>\n

The pulse of days
\nbops back walking
\nwhere the earth is soft<\/p>\n

Near the end
\nstorm windows up
\nwater black cuts<\/p>\n

Standing rock
\nmuted spirits
\ncrater ruins of an Inca City<\/p>\n

(these are Maj\u2019s words, in Maj\u2019s order …
\nI just removed the 90% in between)<\/em><\/p>\n

~ Steven B. Smith<\/p>\n

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Cuyahoga<\/strong><\/p>\n
River of my Valley
\nmother with no child,
\nyou sing as you walk,
\na soft lullaby.<\/p>\n
White in the snowfall,
\ngrey in the rain.
\nPouring over shallows
\nand rocky places.<\/p>\n
Oh, mother, where is your child?
\nWhere is your River child?<\/p>\n
Pink and yellow in the wake of boats.
\nPurple under the bridge
\nand the colored lights.<\/p>\n
~ Daniel Bellinger<\/p>\n
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