About D. Nurkse

D. Nurkse is the author of eight books of poetry, most recently The Fall (Knopf, 2002) and Burnt Island (Knopf, 2005). He has received the Whiting Writers’ Award, two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, two grants from the New York State Foundation for the Arts, and other awards. He has also written widely on human rights.

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Leaving Hawk Mountain

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I longed to teach the child
the pinheaded oscillating glide
of the turkey buzzard,

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