of God yes by the but
————-—not there but for the

act of yes acts of but
————-—not a given state of

saving as divine but
————-—can fall from

a she or one of three
————-—-ful or full of

a period extended a
————-—note just before

something said before
————-—yes before

 

 

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Martha Collins’s tenth book of poems, Because What Else Could I Do (Pittsburgh), won the Poetry Society of America’s William Carlos Williams Award. Her eleventh, Casualty Reports (Pittsburgh), is due out this fall. Her fifth book of co-translated Vietnamese poems will be out in the spring.