"Loose ghostly mouths"
Hamill, Roethke, Lindsay, Pollitt, Wright
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On orchids... Sam Hamill and CD Wright gripped me. These poems are masterful.
These are beautiful, but dark too. Funny how orchids mean death, conjur violence. I don't think you could mistake them or replace them with daisies.