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    <body><![CDATA[THE DRAGON<br/><br/><br/>The bees came out of the junipers, two small swarms <br/>The size of melons; and golden, too, like melons,<br/>They hung next to each other, at the height of a deer’s breast,<br/>Above the wet black compost. And because <br/>The light was very bright it was hard to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2117262">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read this book a few times before this. And always, I read that first poem, and I made it the location for every subsequent poem. I suppose it should be. This garden, these statues, are a locale. However, none of the poems have that life, and movement that &quot;Black Swan&quot; does. Granted, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78892922">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I only keep this book because it is the fastest way for me to determine if someone I've just met is my friend or my enemy.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Maybe 3.5.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a little stiff for my personal taste, like the poems act as containers for a desire far surpassing the limits of the words. I suppose that's part of the charm, though, but to me it's over-crafted in parts. I love &quot;The Garden of the Trumpet Tree&quot;. Kelly lets loose a bit here wi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9110755">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Poetry that combines a sense of classicism and decay with a very female sense of witchery and new growth. I loved the recurrent images of statuary and animals, flowers and dark water. Rich and dense--every poem requires  full attention. If you only read one poem from it read the first one, &quot;Bla...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42748914">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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