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Lee Upton

Lee Upton’s most recent book of poetry is Bottle the Bottles the Bottles the Bottles. Her second collection of short stories, Visitations, appeared in August.

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Poetry

The dog violet, pressing a flat ear to the ground,

has news of great importance:

it is spring

and jealousy turns its blade again.

Lee Upton
Poetry
Lee Upton
Lee Upton

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