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BENEATH

GIFTS THE TWO OF THEM GAZING AT EACH OTHER BENEATH A VEIL EMBROIDERED WITH GOLD THREAD FEEDING

“The saying of prayers, the blessing of the union. The offering of gifts. The two of them gazing at each other beneath a veil embroidered with gold thread, feeding each other a spoonful of sweet sherbet and malida.”

Hosseini, Khaled. And the Mountains Echoed. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013. p. 66.

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Bloomsbury

WHISTLED OUTSIDE HE SLEPT BESIDE RIVERS AND BENEATH TREES AND AMONG THE COVER OF BOULDERS HE

“Nights, he slept in caves as the wind whistled outside. Or else he slept beside rivers and beneath trees and among the cover of boulders. He ate his bread, and then he ate what he could find—wild berries, mushrooms, fish that he caught with his bare hands from streams—and some days he didn’t eat at all.”

Hosseini, Khaled. And the Mountains Echoed. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013. p. 7.

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Bloomsbury

AND GROUND THE FLINTY LAVAS AND GRANITES BENEATH THEIR CRYSTAL FOLDS WASTING AND BUILDING

“It was Mullah Faizullah who had taught Mariam to read, who had patiently looked over her shoulder as her lips worked the words soundlessly, her index finger lingering beneath each word, pressing until the nail bed went white, as though she could squeeze the meaning out of the symbols.”

Hosseini, Khaled. A Thousand Splendid Suns. New York, NY: Penguins Books, 2007. p. 15.

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Penguin Random House

BEGINNING OF GEOLOGIC TIME THE CRUST OF THE EARTH BENEATH THE SEA WAS UNIMAGINABLY OLD AND THE CONTINENTS

“The fundamental doctrine of American geology in the late 1940s was that the continents and ocean basins had been permanent features of the earth’s surface, almost since the beginning of geologic time. The crust of the earth beneath the sea was unimaginably old, and the continents had always been about where they are today, though they had probably grown in size over several billion years.”

Revelle, Roger. “The Past and Future of Ocean Drilling.” Roger Revelle Papers. 1978.

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REHEARSED THE DENSE WISH TO RETURN TO CROUCHED BENEATH THE NIGHTS NEW STARS THE TRACERS FLOODLIGHTS

“The ones for whom you rehearsed the dense wish to return to, crouched beneath the nights new stars, the tracers & floodlights, are afraid of you.”

Doller, Ben. FAQ. Boise, ID: Ahsahta Press, Boise State University, 2009. p. 46.

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LEAVES UPON THE PAVEMENT LONG THE FLAT ROOFS BENEATH OUR WINDOWS IN THE MORNING SUNSHINE I READ

“…The untidy trees
drop their leaves upon the pavement.

IV

Along the flat roofs beneath our window,
in the morning sunshine,
I read the signature of last night’s rain.”

Reznikoff, Charles, and Milton Hindus. “Winter Sketches.” Selected Letters of Charles Reznikoff, 1917-1976. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1997. p. 155.

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Poetry Foundation

CARRIZO AND BLACK MOUNTAINS WERE SUBMERGED BENEATH A CLEAR SEA THE LIFE OF THE PERIOD SWARMED

“But as the period advanced volcanism ceased, and the present Carrizo and Black mountains were surrounded and perhaps for a part of the time were submerged beneath a clear sea in which the myriad forms of the life of the period swarmed.”

Vaughan, Thomas Wayland. The Reef-Coral Fauna of Carrizo Creek, Imperial County, California and Its Significance. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1917. p. 358.

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Google Books

THE FUTURE RIVERS WILL TURN THE WATERWHEELS BENEATH OUR HOUSE TOWERS WILL RISE ABOVE IT SOMETHING

“Later we will fight the dragon so that good may triumph, & our eyes will look through glasses (ultraviolet) to glimpse the future. Rivers will turn the waterwheels beneath our house & towers will rise above it. Something like a piece of wood will drop into a jar or will be pinned to my lapel (it will protect me on my journey).”

Rothenberg, Jerome. "The Lorca Variations: "Lunar Grapefruits"." Conjunctions, no. 18 (1992): 198. Accessed May 25, 2021.

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JSTOR

RABBIT-SKIN BLANKET WITH SWEAT AT MY BROW I WILL LAY IN THE KWELHUP AND MALAY THERE SACRED IS HER

      - Line 12, Yeechesh Cha’alk, Alex Hunter and Eva Trujillo.

THROUGH MY CHEST AND ARMS TO THE VILLAGES BENEATH THE MOUNTAINS THINGS SEEN WITH THE EYES WASHED

“Come, please
My red, burning fluid!
From my cumbling bosom
Through my chest and arms
To the villages beneath the mountains

Things seen with the eyes
Washed away, burned to ashes
Bring a beginning to this world
Once again after so many times”

Rothenberg, Jerome. "A Round of Renshi and the Poet as Other: An Experiment in Poesis." Critical Inquiry 37, no. 4 (2011): 776. Accessed June 7, 2021. doi:10.1086/660991.

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JSTOR