As a storm-lopped tree

By Robyn Sarah
Poetry · From the March 2007 magazine
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To snip a strip of char
from a blackened wick, then watch
how the lamp comes alive again.
Robyn Sarah published her most recent collection of poetry, A Day's Grace, in 2003. Her essay collection Little Eurekas: A Decade's Thoughts on Poetry comes out this spring.
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