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Sometimes the Light

giro d'italia 2022 in poetry

Dane Hamann
May 30, 2022
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illustration by brian campbell
Sometimes the light catches them just so
as they pour down a snaking hillside road
that they each flash like a grain of sun.

But then one by one they slide like knives 
into the forest again, becoming dappled beasts
descending to the coast of one sea or another.

They climb consistent as conveyor belts
past tree lines, out…

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A guest post by
Dane Hamann
Poet & editor (& occasional artist). Author of 2 books of poetry and several chapbooks. Runner and cyclist. Found online at danehamann.com.
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