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NOVICE by JULIA FIELD BROWN

First Line: THE ARMS OF THE ELM
Last Line: IN SILVER ARABESQUE.
Subject(s): WRITER'S BLOCK;
The arms of the elm
Reach out in the storm,
Grotesquely groping,
Reaching for the wind.

Twinkling snow
Spins over the floor
Writing in silver tracery . . .

So gropes my pen
For words the heart does know
But cannot spin
In silver arabesque.



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