“Landing Under Water, I See Roots” Annie Finch

Landing Under Water, I See Roots
by Annie Finch
All the things we hide in water
the things we hide in water
hoping we won’t see them go—
(forests growing under water
press against the ones we know)—
and they might have gone on growing
and they might now breathe above
everything I speak of sowing
(everything I try to love).
The water, the smell of [...]

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“Find those with whom you have rapport and proceed.” Liam Rector

From “Now” by Liam Rector
Time soon to take my place
In the long line of my ancestors
(Whose names I mostly never knew
Or have recently forgotten)
Who took their place, spirit poised
In mature humility (or as jackasses
Braying against the inevitable)
Before me, having been moved
By time through time, having done
The time and their times.
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A Few Moments
by Tomas Transtromer (Translation [...]

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