Issue 7:
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Jeffrey C. Alfier

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The Solicitude of Poppies

Your sharp rebirth arrests my path. Blossoms
escaping ignoble endings in dust,
whose kin heard Zeus deprive men of fire.
Now, by ample yearning of this desert
you crown the perfection of our exile.

~Jeffrey C. Alfier

Jeffrey, of Tucson, Arizona, holds an MA in Humanities. His extensive publication credits include The Columbia Review, Conspire, CrossConnect, and War, Literature and the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities, among others. His poetry and commentaries will also appear in Because I Fly, an anthology to be published by McGraw-Hill in October 2001. Email.

© 2001 by Jeffrey C. Alfier. All Rights Reserved.

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