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Anne Waldman
Anne Waldman
A prominent figure in the beat poetry generation, Anne Waldman, was born in Millville, New Jersey on April 2, 1945...
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The V of them

  
by Anne Waldman 

the v of them                                                            wind

   a chevron                                                            claw

      zigzag                                                            bird

         against wind                                                  a

            meander                                          column

               bilateral                                       comb

                  forked tail                                 axe   
                        
                     lozenge                                  V     

                        circles                           then

                           in                            hoop

                              egg or               spiral

                                 checker     pattern
                                      
                                      board

                                         shape






From The Iovis Trilogy: Colors in the Mechanism of Concealment, Section XXII, "Tears Streak the Reddest Rouge." Copyright © 2011 by Anne Waldman. Used with permission of Coffee House Press, www.coffeehousepress.com.
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