Wind as a face gone red with blowing, swim of sea-dragon, dolphin, distant as they are believable . . . --from Halo Carl Phillips lyric explorations of longing and devotion, castigation and mercy, are unrivaled in contemporary poetry. In Rock...
oceans whose end is broken stitchery--
shimmer-and-coil, invitation. . . . You Know
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