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AGNI
A literary magazine named after the Vedic god of fire
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Malak Mattar, Untitled (detail), 2024, charcoal on paper

Syrinx

Poetry from AGNI 3 by Alan Britt

Your fingers fly
over the river
into a windy field
plant dark cactus hair roots
in the ground
your voice blows
along river’s mud

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Alan Britt

Alan Britt is a poet whose recent books include Vegetable Love (March Street Press, 2009) and Vermillion (Bitter Oleander Press, 2006). (updated 6/2010)

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