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Five Poems, by Jess Williard

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Five Poems, by Jess Williard

About the Author

Jess Williard’s poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in The Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, The New Orleans Review, North American Review, Sycamore Review, Southern Humanities Review, Third Coast, Borderlands, Bayou Magazine, Oxford Poetry, and other journals. He is from Wisconsin.

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