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This poem is from the book Between Merwin and Greger, Overtones of Poetry by Glenn D’Alessio (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://finishinglinepress.com/product/between-merwin-and-greger-overtones-of-poetry-by-glenn-dalessio/
Glenn D’Alessio is a carpenter, jazz flutist, and former college instructor in energy conservation and green building, incorporating environmental science into his teaching. His Finishing Line Press chapbooks include In My Sea Cliff Years of Innocence; A Carpenter’s Building, Homes for His Poems; and Some Tanka in Thanks to Elroy, Not the Most Cantankerous Dog. His poems have appeared in Sahara Journal, Cellar Roots, Ballard Street Poetry Journal, Borderlands, and Virgogray Press: Chapbook Edition. His awards include placements in Poetic Voices of America, the S. C. Robertson Memorial Contest, the Bushey Brothers Memorial Award, and an Honorable Mention in the Frank O’Hara Prize for a poem in The Worcester Review (2022). Website: glennpoetry.com
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