Elizabeth Savage 

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Muggles

Here be morels after 
the rains 
              now you scent 
& now you see

changes in April cruelty
delicacy springs 
              from its fallen armor
              property dripped
in a honeycomb cauldron

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Elizabeth Savage is author of two books, Grammar and Jane & Paige or Sister Goose, both from Furniture Press. Since 2008, she has served as poetry editor for Kestrel. Her reviews and essays appear most recently in Jacket2, Contemporary Women’s Writing, and Feminist Teacher.


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