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In the great cities, winter glitters with art and feasting. But poetry, the country cousin, sees only the dearth of the fields.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Winter
Fields
Poet
Glitters
Poetry
Dearth
Cities
Feasting
Art
Glitter
Country
Cousin
Great
Sees

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