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Portland, A Poem

by Yaakov Reef
23 June, 2014

Photo Credit: Ian Sane. Licensed CC-BY.
Photo Credit: Ian Sane.
Licensed CC-BY.

Across the Willamette
Over the rail bridge
I realize as I leave
That I’m in love
With a city – never,
I said, would I love
A city. But here I
Am, tears of parting
For Portland.


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