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My Grandmother standing wordless fifteen minutes Between rows of loganberries, clippers poised in her hand.

Gary Snyder

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Gary Snyder
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: May 8
Environmentalist
Poet
Trade Unionist
Translator
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Gary Snyder
Hands
Gardening
Fifteen
Grandmother
Essentials
Garden
Clippers
Standing
Wordless
Minutes
Rows
Hand
Poised

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