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The poem "Theophany, or Staying Home from Church to Write" by Tina Kelly is presented. First Line: The weather today is holy, Last Line: God is what I would tell time.

The poem "Charmed," by Tina Kelley is presented. First Line: How can anyone have to leave a world so stunning? Last Line: with any luck, die on a screen porch on a warm, windy day?

The poem "The Squandered" by Tina Kelley is presented. First Line: The window boxes unwatered, eighty dollars of daisies Last Line: away, those planets that barely glow, that no one sees?

The poem "Toward Teaching a One-Year-Old to Pray" by Tina Kelley is presented. First Line: A shiny-dime day, Last Line: before ever understanding string or wind.

The poem "Covalent" by Tina Kelley is presented. First Line: Pairs don't survive me. Socks, especially hand-knit, Last Line: rest my foot on some part of you, to fall asleep at all.

The poem "Resolved" by Tina Kelly is presented. First Line: I will be the year of the other, cursive, wet, Last Line: stampeding deeply down, together, at once.

The poem "That First Week After the Last Day of School" by Tina Kelley is presented. First Line: The day has the pace of the tangle of hair pulled out of Katie's brush; Last Line: It's too hot out, but too far to go inside.