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Tess Gallagher

Prose and Poetry

Riehlife Poem of the Day:Tess Gallagher’s “Yes”

Byriehlifegrace April 25, 2009

Yes by Tess Gallagher from Moon Crossing River Now we are like that flat cone of sand in the garden of the Silver Pavilion in Kyoto designed to appear only in moonlight. Do you want me to mourn? Do you want me to wear black? Or like moonlight on whitest sand to use your dark,…

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