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After Carlo Betocchi

Beneath the weir, five fishermen Have waded out with reel and line. They cast and wind, then cast again Against the current’s buckling shine. This happening as fish ascend The frothing stream at summer’s end.

James Matthew Wilson

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James Matthew Wilson

James Matthew Wilson is the author, most recently, of Saint Thomas and the Forbidden Birds.

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