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Estate Sale Next Door

by Chloé Yelena Miller

The items compose a dead language.
A rhythm beats.
Crystal chandelier; sparkling, red heels.

Through Joan’s window, my childhood.
I spy objects
we were compelled to collect.
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Poem of the WeekChloé Yelena  Miller

Chloé Yelena Miller received an MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence. Her essays, fiction, and poetry have been published in anthologies, and she was a finalist for the Philip Levine Prize in Poetry (2005) and in Narrative’s First Annual Poetry Contest. Miller teaches writing at Fairleigh Dickinson University and at Northampton Community College. She lives in Ann Arbor.

Poems of the Week: 2009-2010

Poems of the Week: 2009-2010


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