Linda Pastan Skin Poems
- 1. Vertical
Perhaps the purpose of leaves is to conceal
the verticality of trees which we notice in December
as if for the first time: row after row of dark forms
yearning upwards. And since we will be horizontal
... - 2. Self-portrait
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... - 3. Vermilion
Pierre Bonnard would enter
the museum with a tube of paint
in his pocket and a sable brush.
Then violating the sanctity
... - 4. Shadblow
Because the shad
are swimming
in our waters now,
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