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Resolution

Text of Poem

Strokes took off the big tree’s top
          out back; pressed soot into
white wood the length of the split;
          tore wires like webs, cracked
conductors as if they were
          glass nuts, where now flat snow
kicks back light scoured
          of impurities, tensing waves
straight, bundles brittle as twigs
          all lying in the same direction.

First Line
Strokes took off the big tree's top
Original Pub Location
Original Publication Date
1982
Complete Poems
434
Word Count
54
Poetic Form
open
Themes
Twitter Quote
Strokes took off the big tree’s top / out back