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Louise Glück

Vespers (In your extended absence, you permit me)

Vespers (In your extended absence, you permit me)

A poignant poem by Louise Glück from her 1992 Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, The Wild Iris.

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    “I've re-read this poem a number of times this year after being entrusted with the tomato seeds of a friend who passed away in January. And of course, at the end of the day, we've had rather mixed success with the tomatoes. Deeply relatable on every possible level.”

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