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Katherine Anne Porter Poems

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by Porter, Katherine Anne
 for Christopher Smart

When winter was half over
God sent three angels to the 
 apple-tree
Who said to her
"Be glad, you little rack
Of empty sticks,
Because you have been chosen.

In May you will become
A wave of living sweetness
A nation of white petals
A dynasty of apples."...Read more of this...




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