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Wendy Barker: Through

May 20, 2011 by PBQ

layers of rock the softer
dirt collects, fountains with moist
leaves of mint, scilla, purple
hyacinth, and primula.

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Boundaries, margins, hedgerows.
Maintaining separate fields.
But the leaves, branches, white hair
of roots press beyond fences.

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The clouds have woven countries.
Rain falls here and somewhere else
you might be moving, your feet
touching the same earth as mine.

Filed Under: Contributors 64, Issue 64, Poetry, Poetry 64 Tagged With: Contributors 64, Poetry, Poetry 64

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