About Walter Jost

Walter Jost is professor of English at the University of Virginia. His poems have appeared in Sou’wester, Descant, and elsewhere.

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Urbs et Orbis

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Each stone uncovered, the gift of figures—
hundred and fifty, two hundred years ago,
foundation for creekside mill or barn,

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