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Jackson Holbert is a poet from eastern Washington. He received his BA from Brandeis University and lives in Austin, Texas, where he is a Michener Fellow.

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    the morning
    & swaying grass
    a vulture clawed a calf

    I fear the canyon
    & where it leads
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    • Beautiful, stark poem. Cuts to the quick as poetry should. ...

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