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Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps by Ted Kooser

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A magpie, far east of its range, rises and falls with each deep wing beat—a black stone skipped across water.

Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps, by Ted Kooser

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