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Joannie Kervran Strangeland

Joannie Kervran Strangeland: When It Is Blue

May 11, 2011 by PBQ

First she found a lump no bigger than a pea or a preposition—a small verb: to be. The danger lies in conjugation and the tenses— is, are, would, could. Will. She kept the will, a world. I will, we will. A synonym for tomorrow. The shape of here is loss, or a trade—flesh for life. […]

Filed Under: Contributors 82, Issue 82, Poetry, Poetry 82 Tagged With: Contributors 82, Joannie Kervran Strangeland, Poetry, Poetry 82

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