Chinese white, bad fortune.
All the waiting faces
hidden behind trees, the roots
gnarled under leaf blankets
and mold along the trail.
Pale faces,
too light sky,
the only path.
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CAROL HAMILTON HAS RECENT PUBLICATIONS IN South Carolina Review, Poet Lore, Tulane Review, Slipstream, River Oak Review, Tar River Review, San Pedro River Review, Willow Review, White Wall Review, Bryant Literary Review and others. She has been nominated five times for a Pushcart Prize. She has published 15 books of children's novels, legends and poetry, most recently Master of Theater: Peter the Great, and Lexicography.
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