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Morning annealed like stone hammered

with the night’s anger into thoughtfulness

But the two memorials next week

my neighbour’s and a friend in Berlin

A friend’s death can change the past

entirely. I’ll travel alone

and someone will take it personally

Leonard Neufeldt hails from the immigrant hamlet of Yarrow, British Columbia. He is an alumnus of Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Illinois. He is the author of seven books of poetry, the latest of which, Painting over Sketches of Anatolia, is scheduled to be published in the spring of 2015 by Signature Editions. A number of his short poems have been set to music by three composers, including Randolph Peters of Winnipeg.

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