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Posted on February 6, 2026

BHM #5: AN EKPHRASTIC POEM AFTER ARTIST AMY SHERALD

Planes, Rockets and the Spaces In Between (2018) by Amy Sherald There is a blue sky across the street from the end of the world a sky without center or capitol even the birds have deserted the horizon birds know better only a rocket dares reach toward the eternal without consideration of heaven. On the …

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