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Hyperrealistic fine-art painting inspired by A POEM THAT REFUSES TO BE CALLED DUSK by Michael C. Ford.

2026

A POEM THAT REFUSES TO BE CALLED DUSK

By Michael C. Ford

“A POEM THAT REFUSES TO BE CALLED DUSK” by Michael C. Ford is a poem centered on place and geography, identity, nature. Its imagery is anchored in San Diego, California. The poem develops its subject through recurring images and shifts in emotional pressure rather than reducing the experience to a single statement.