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Dwellers in Ramtown
Mark Walsh

March!
budding earth and
freezing breeze

days of hope
squishy trails

stand on the beach
let a higher sun open
what’s slow to thaw

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Mark Walsh is an English professor at Massasoit Community College in Brockton, MA. His recent publications include Wilderness House Literary Review, The Beatnik Cowboy, Abandoned Mine, and Rituals. His poem “Slow Wine” is currently part of an art installation outside the entrance of the Brockton Public Library.

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