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	<title>Getting Something Read &#187; Margarita Engle</title>
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		<title>Edible Blossoms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Margarita Engle Rose petal jam, rosebud candy carved into the shapes of people, beasts, birds; syrup of violets, the variations are soothing. Even the names convey magic mimosa butter sandwiches, nasturtium sauce, marigold soup, carnations for melancholy, the fragrance of rose leaves and mint for sleep, tucked in a pillow&#8230;dreams&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Birding</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Margarita Engle Motionless in the forest I watch a raven&#8217;s flight gunshots too close must I explain my own stillness to wayward hunters?]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Margarita Engle In Assisi my father the artist explained perspective, form, and pigment, but I was unable to see anything beyond the man in a winglike robe speaking to birds so calmly that they understood the wolves must listen too.]]></description>
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		<title>Ancestral</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Margarita Engle Descending into the land of childhood a yellow-walled town on the coast of light memory&#8217;s turbulent landing each rediscovery of time flow and place love always new.]]></description>
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