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Born in June 5, 1952 / United States / English

Poems by Mark Jarman

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Dressing My Daughters

... I’m not their mother, and tangle, then untangle  ...

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Days of '74

... And held still as the quail lit down beside us  ...

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Five Psalms

...   Who lets us measure the wounded atom, ...

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Unholy Sonnet 4

... Out of which comes and into which light goes,  ...

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Unholy Sonnet 13

... And watched our Godless perfect darkness breed  ...

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The Children

...   They look big to one another, the garden small ...

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Interesting Times

...   A crow with something dangling from its beak flaps onto a telephone pole top, daintily, ...

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Skin Cancer

...   Mildew-spreading, spray-laden breezes and the beach sun  ...

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A.M. Fog

... The three boys and one girl, still in her wetsuit,  ...

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Unholy Sonnet 11

...   And I was wide awake, full of this feeling,  ...

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After Disappointment

... To fall Asleep, her books arranged above your head, ...

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Unholy Sonnet 1

... You  Solve nothing but the problems that I set ...