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A. R. Ammons

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Coming to Sumer and the tamarisks on the river …

A. R. Ammons

I went for a walk over the dunes again this morning …

A. R. Ammons

Taking root in windy sand …

A. R. Ammons

Praying answers prayer: …

A. R. Ammons

I wonder if I know enough to know what it’s really like …

A. R. Ammons

Did wind and wave design the albatross's wing, …

A. R. Ammons

Such a long time as the wave idling gathers …

A. R. Ammons

The song …

A. R. Ammons

I don’t know somehow it seems sufficient …

A. R. Ammons

I know if I find you I will have to leave the earth …

A. R. Ammons

This is just a place: …

A. R. Ammons

Honor a going thing, goldfinch, corporation, tree, …

A. R. Ammons

I found a …

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It doesn't …

A. R. Ammons

The very longest swell in the ocean, I suspect, …

A. R. Ammons

time will wash …

A. R. Ammons

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