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The Library of Love
Kate Clanchy, b. 1965 — portrait

Patagonia

Kate Clanchy, b. 1965

I meant skies all empty aching blue. I meant years. I meant all of them with you.

The Gemstone Line
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The poem
I said perhaps Patagonia, and pictured A peninsula, wide enough For a couple of ladderback chairs To wobble on at high tide. I thought

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