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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

I HAVE NIGHTMARES ABOUT MELTING GLACIERS

by John Paul Calavitta


floating face up on the sea of this poem

in the house of sleep a bear swimming away
with an axe stuck in it

you can restore melted snow


John Paul Calavitta received his MFA in creative writing from the University of Washington , Seattle , where he is currently finishing his PhD in Eco-criticism.
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