Poets/Sydney Lea

Sydney Lea

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It seems so different art that moves me now …

Sydney Lea

Why not write something for those …

Sydney Lea

It struck them both as strange: although each pond and lake …

Sydney Lea

I remember that store, and the nasty redneck whose stink …

Sydney Lea

Our loons still scull on the pewter …

Sydney Lea

That woman’s husband works the graveyard shift in a warehouse someplace. …

Sydney Lea

My objectives this morning were vague. …

Sydney Lea

I found it in a box I sifted through …

Sydney Lea

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