The Dark's Humming Quitab Editions ” Deserts and reeds

” Deserts and reeds

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First Water is the culmination of five years of superlative poetry from Pirene's Fountain

"The Nature of Freedom

When one tenant murders another

The Dark's Humming Quitab Editions ” Deserts and reedsThese poems seem to come to us from across water, like Old World symphonies that arise from the bodys magnificent frailty, its ability to chronicle and recall people and places weve long since forgotten. Yet Megan Merchants voice is fresh and alluring, and thats because she knows, honors, and echoes the writers who came before herdont be surprised if you hear Emily Dickinson, say, or Virginia Woolf. Like all the great artists, Merchant starts like a