RIVER MAPI am mapping this river's bouldersby color size and the ways water gets around them: ripples, standing waves. I will describe how the changing seasons cover
and reveal
In a still place the water has three faces:
I discover where fish
I know equations for these things-
My map is letterless: I'm learning
Kelly Lenox Allan lives with her family in Portland, OR. Her poems have appeared in The Oregonian, literary magazines and anthologies. She teaches poetry writing in the Portland public schools.
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