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Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Ronald Johnson

 


13. Ronald Johnson, ca 1965.



 























from The Shrubberies

 

lacewing flit smoketree

scent of honeysuckle

utterly transformed


a frieze of dogwood

fence of forsythia

of rose-purple iris

an enchanted hedge

outthrust of swords

green as they be

forbid flesh entry


light put into words

like an iceberg

sunk unceasing sea



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