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Ferni"The idea of the shadow of a fern",Jan Owen,
single work poetry
The poem's conceit is that elements of the earth, such as sand, loam, and the molten centre, and time itself, argue as they attempt to theorize from its fossil shadow the nature of a fern, green ephemeral life.
(p. 54)
Metroi"Buskers, somewhere at Chatelet-",Jan Owen,
single work poetry
(p. 54)