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Norman Dubie is the author of numerous books of poetry, including The Volcano; The Quotations of Bone, winner of the 2016 Griffin International Poetry Prize; and Robert Schumann Is Mad Again (Copper Canyon Press, 2019). The recipient of the Bess Hokin Prize from the Poetry Foundation and the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Poetry, Dubie lives and teaches in Tempe, Arizona.

The Arbor

by Norman Dubie

When my neighbor, who lives
in the apartment below,
opens his water tap
I feel less alone,
and I know this embarrasses you
but further,
to tell the truth,
at such moments
I often look
with interest
at a green and red packet
of sunflower seeds

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