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Winter Swans

A couple walk by a lake after a fight. They watch swans. Their hands join.

2 key quotes from Winter Swans, by Sheers. Learn this one first: “the waterlogged earth gulping for breath at our feet” (Sheers, Winter Swans).

This poem in five words

Swansbringcouple'shandstogether

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The quotes

2 big quotes in this poem.

the waterlogged earth gulping for breath at our feet

Sheers · Winter Swans · romantic love · distance

A couple walk by a lake after a fight. Even the ground is struggling to breathe.

like a pair of wings settling after flight

Sheers · Winter Swans · romantic love

The last image. Their hands find each other. Like swans' wings folding.

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