A Woman's Place is in the Wild

A Woman's Place is in the Wild

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A Woman's Place is in the Wild
A Woman's Place is in the Wild
The Poetry by Which I Live

The Poetry by Which I Live

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Karen Auvinen
Mar 19, 2025
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I awaken I think. Marshlights

reappear, geese

come trailing again up the flyway.

In her ravine under old snow the dam-bear

lies, licking

lumps of smeared fur

and drizzly eyes into shapes

with her tongue. An…

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