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Read poems by Arizona and Southwestern writers, plus classic work preserved in the AZPoetry literary archive.
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2025
Trapped motionless in an increasingly cold and claustrophobic room, the speaker experiences cosmic visions, violent wind and bodily paralysis before warmth returns, fire overtakes the body and the seemingly defeated speaker finally sits up.
