Clearing The Land

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CLEARING THE LAND

By BARUSHKO © 2004


Saber-snap on bone, sere-sharp
white, soap-smooth
glisten, the

skull in the killing field
spear-pointed
up into the mist of this
Indian place, fishing net

cobwebs

over this burial

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LeBrozLeBrozabout 17 years ago
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This poem was mentioned in the Archival Review thread, in a picking through Lit's archive of over 35,000 poems.

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LeBrozLeBrozabout 17 years ago
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Yes, Wicked lady, I was just thinking the same thing after reading a piece by smithpeter. This seems so much to be his style. Austere, lean, taut...

WickedEveWickedEvealmost 20 years ago
reminds me

a little of another poet's style.

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