JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2009
Win
Card in the mail:
“Win a free
cremation.”
•
On the table top,
a scatter,
grains of salt
(sugar?)
aglow.
•
It works for me.
Gracious wood grain
supplying
what I like best:
an illusion
of passage.
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About the Author
Rae Armantrout’s most recent books include Up to Speed, Next Life, and the forthcoming Versed. She is Professor of Poetry and Poetics at the University of California, San Diego.
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