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Linda Gregg

Linda Gregg was born in Suffern, New York on September 9, 1942, and raised in Marin County, California on a sprawling horse ranch owned by her father, Harold, an architect and fine arts instructor. Her mother, Frances

Elegance

by Linda Gregg (1942–2019)

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 All that is uncared for. 
 Left alone in the stillness 
 in that pure silence married 
 to the stillness of nature. 
 A door off its hinges, 
 shade and shadows in an empty room. 
 Leaks for light. Raw where 
 the tin roof rusted through. 
 The rustle of weeds in their 

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