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When He Traveled, I Was to Water the Plants

 

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Bonnie Auslander is a poet and radio essayist originally from Washington, D.C., who now lives in the foothills town of Lyons, Colorado. She’s had poems published in the Cimarron Review, Salamander, Sweet, FIELD, and elsewhere. Some of her residencies include the Millay Colony, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, MASS MoCA, Elsewhere Studios, and the Château de La Napoule on the Côte d'Azur.

 

So That He May Step into the Tender Light