Little Errand
by Brian Teare • from Companion Grasses • Omnidawn Publishing
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Brian TeareBrian Teare is Assistant Professor of English at Temple University in Philadelphia and author of three previous poetry collections, including the Lambda Award-winning Pleasure.
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Companion Grasses"Like Whitman before him, Brian Teare emulates the power of the earth in these poems, crowning these words with supernal, transcendent lusters." (Peter O’Leary)
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