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  • The American Poetry Review

    TWO POEMS

    Jul 01, 2022 2 minutes
    C. DALE YOUNG

    The Shadow Cast

    Golden Gate Park

    As any poet will tell you, the weight of the line
    is essential, but here these practitioners have
    more on their minds than poems. The weight

    of their lines is uniformly light, the line selectedto land and then rest gently on the surface,its goal

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