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Poet Iris Appelquist on Beginnings

To mark the new year, KCUR's Gina Kaufmann caught up with friend and fellow writer Iris Appelquist, and asked her to read a poem that seems appropriate for the occasion. By Gina Kaufmann

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Kansas City, MO – The poem ok, ok? was originally published in the 2009 book Blunt Trauma, a collection of poems by Jason Ryberg and Iris Appelquist.

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