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Winter 2020

Inspired by the small plot of apple trees near Cambridge, England,

where writers have gathered for years with their books and pens,

we welcome you to pull up a chair and enjoy poetry in the orchard.

Winter 2020

Pushcart Nominations for Winter 2020

1. ¡°Storage and Retrieval¡± by C.B. Anderson, page 30

2. ¡°Pony Tracks in the Snow¡± by John Grey, page 32

3. ¡°Old Lady on Plane¡± by William R. Stoddart, page 117

Winter 2020

Contents

Featured Poet: Kim Bridgford

Seasons

A Crown for the Divorc¨¦e at Fifty-Nine

For Sylvia Plath

Postcard of Speckled Eggs, Iceland

Genealogy

Leslie Bergner

Apple Picking

Susan McLean

Waltz

Gail White

Why I Am Not a Buddhist

The Beautiful Girl

C.B. Anderson

Storage and Retrieval

John Grey

Pony Tracks in the Snow

Swing

Marjorie Maddox

Bouncing Between Beds with Song

The Port: for Kim Bridgford

David W. Landrum

Wabi-Sabi

The Years

Blues Sonnet

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