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PASSIONATE ORNITHOLOGY IS ANOTHER KIND OF YOGA by PHILIP LAMANTIA

Poem Explanation

First Line: THIRTY FEISTY FINCHES AT THE WINDOW -- FINCHDOM
Last Line: THEN, BRANCHING LEAVES ENVELOPE %PERCHING FORMS BENEATH %A SWATHE OF INDIGO

Poem Sources:

SULFUR, #29, FALL /91.
  (1991)
 
BED OF SPHINXES.
  LAMANTIA, PHILIP
  (1997)
 



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