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Robert Hass

Meditation at Lagunitas

Meditation at Lagunitas

A poignant and widely anthologized poem by Robert Hass, exploring themes of language, loss, and desire.

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    “I re-read this poem every year around this time and every year find something slightly different in it.”

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