A lovely poem.

PositionLetter to the editor

"Flash Flood Blues" absolutely knocked my socks off (Poem, by Kevin Young, September issue). It's one of the best poems I've ever read. Everything that's poetry to me is there, in spades.

I memorized it almost instantly and have played it over and over in my head. I'm...

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