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His Ghost Returns to Frijoles Canyon

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I Think I Should Give Up Exercise

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It Would Rain on that Saturday

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It’s In the Knowing

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Knowing When

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Deadline Dec 1: Marvin Bell Memorial Poetry Prize; submit unpublished poems to win $1,500 and publication by December Magazine; judge: Dorianne Laux; fee: $20 for 1-3 poems; exclusive submission requested https://decembermag.org/2024-marvin-bell-memorial-poetry-prize/ with Submittable
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