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John Hoppenthaler

John Hoppenthaler is the author of Lives of Water (Carnegie Mellon, 2003) and editor of a collection of essays and interviews on the work of Jean Valentine. His work has appeared in Chelsea, New Letters, Ploughshares, and Southern Review. He is the poetry editor of Kestrel.

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Anticipate the Coming Reservoir

By John Hoppenthaler

Summer 2005 | Poetry

In my dream, I’m clearing bottom in an upstate county with a pair of oxen yoked to a plow. The off-ox is sickly & gaunt. He struggles with his pride & body to keep up to the task at hand. In my dream, my shoulder strains against the rump of [...]

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