“The Figure a Poem Makes,” a Poem by Donna Masini

“The Figure a Poem Makes,” a Poem by Donna Masini

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On Reckoning with a Mother's Relentless Need to Save Everything

On Reckoning with a Mother's Relentless Need to Save Everything

"The tyranny of things. Do we possess them? Do they possess us?"

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In Praise of an Afternoon at the Movies

Alone in a Quiet Theater, I Wait to Lose Myself

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