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I love how you compare the smoke from the chimney like thread through a needle.

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Thanks, Stanley, but that’s W. S. Merwin.

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Apr 5Liked by X. P. Callahan

Merwin is my favorite contemporary poet.

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Apr 5Liked by X. P. Callahan

Another beauty (each line and the whole). I continue to find this form (in your hands) astonishing.

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Thanks, Mary. Have you tried one?

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Okay that credit is due to that poet. You still deserve credit for choosing it , lol.

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Apr 5Liked by X. P. Callahan

No. Not yet, anyway.

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