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Winning Poems: The Moods of Summer

Scribbled, "You'll never forget," and sealed the

Envelope. Tony framed the letter, kept writing.

"It's better than cigarettes," he wrote

Once in

Korea. Home with the wooden limb the

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Neighbors know stands between him and

Ellie, Tony tells them, "Maybe I'll sprout

Another foot." Then, as if to

Stimulate growth, even at night, he stomps . . .

Stomps . . . stomps his porch like a

Frantic old pirate trying to forget how

To steal.

Randy Mead

There was a train of dust up the

Lane behind the tractor that

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