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Peggy Shumaker

Peggy Schumaker was born in 1952 in La Mesa, California, and grew up in Tucson, Arizona. She has a BA and MFA from the University of Arizona. She was Writer in Residence at the Arizona Commission on the Arts, a

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Featured Poem

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Poetry Trivia

Question:

What poet said of Jesus Christ, "He is the only God . . . And so am I and so are you"?

Answer

William Blake.

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