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I loved a woman whose beauty Like the moon moved all the humming heavens to music till the stars with their tiny teeth burst into song and I fell on the ground before her while the sky hardened and she laughed and turned me down softly, I was so young.

Peter Meinke

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Peter Meinke

Peter Meinke

Born: 1932 (age 93)
Bio: Peter Meinke is an American poet and author. He has published 18 books of poems and short stories. The Piano Tuner, won the 1986 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.
Known for:
  1. The Contracted World (2006)
  2. The Piano Tuner (1986)
  3. Lucky Bones (2014)
  4. The night train & The golden bird (1977)
  5. Trying to surprise God (1981)

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