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BEYOND SEATTLE by THOMAS MCGRATH

First Line: FAR ISLANDS ... VEILED BY COLD RAIN
Last Line: Salmon at the mouth of the river
Subject(s): SEATTLE, WASHINGTON;

Far islands . . . veiled by cold rain.
Beaches lighted by a million candle-fish.
Snow on the mountain.
Salmon at the mouth of the river.


Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA
98368-0271, www.cc.press.org



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