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Born in October 31, 1956 / United States / English

Poems by Annie Finch

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In Cities, Be Alert

... and let new tension climb around your shoulders, ...

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Another Reluctance

... Their grain gone, and the children are home ...

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Strangers

... Since her heart was still and hard, ...

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Coy Mistress

... You've praised my eyes, forehead, breast: ...

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My Raptor

... whether thoughts I felt he noticed with no fear ...

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Chain of Women

... the ones that darken, till green no longer ...

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Samhain

... and leaves, like amber where she stays, ...

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Moon From the Porch

... as I moved through the tides that don't bind her ...

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Winter Solstice Chant

... come with your seasons, your fullness, your end ...

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Frozen In

...     past their eyes where the black night lives ...

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Changing Woman

... down to what the sky has sent us ...

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Final Autumn

... each time your traces come past the shadows ...

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Insect

... lowered through a deep, knees-reaching, ...

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A Crown of Autumn Leaves

... Reddens dark slowly, then, suddenly free, ...

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Landing Under Water, I See Roots

... press against the ones we know)—and they might have gone on growing ...