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One more from this
book before my poems.

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And that's from the lovely
Anne Marie McDonnell,

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who lives over in New Mexico.

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"The Swimmers."

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"After all the wolves on the
island were killed by cyanide,

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traps, and bullets,
decades later,

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wolves from the
mainland swam for miles

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to repopulate the island.

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By dream, by twitch, by lope,
by gazing from the shore,

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by howls that gather,
by circle and whine,

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by hint, rumor, and surge,
by yearn, nip, and bark,

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by stretch, itch, and shake.

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By splash, dunk, and
swim by starlight,

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by bull kelp and driftwood,
by calm and gelatinous sea,

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by stink of whale, by salt
of far, by winter fur,

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by paws as paddles.

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By chuff and nostril huff, by
steam of breath above the sea,

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by belly of salmon, by hunger
for deer, by memory in blood.

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By roam for love, by milk
and teat, by marrow and fat.

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By muscle, skull, and golden
eyes, by magnetic pull.

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By currents and tides, by miles.

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By sinking cold with
no one watching.

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By sea, by sea, by sea."

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Here's the spirit of the wolves.

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[APPLAUSE]

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There's so many
treasures in this book.

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A great joy.

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And I think Geramee's here.

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Geramee Hensley.

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He was my editorial
assistant, helped me so much

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in finding poems and new
poets and in formatting

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the manuscript.

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Mwah!

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Love and gratitude, my friend.

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