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May 10, 2018 Arts + Scene » Poetry

Townsend's Solitaire

By Monte Merrick

o townsend's solitaire

you are likely

unaware

how much you

stir the air –

when we

see you

there

robins perched

upon the height

of douglas firs

in sweet delight

compose verse

at day's last light

that begins and ends

o townsend's solitaire

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