Poem

On a Clear Day

By Victoria Chang
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Illustration by Gabriela Pesqueira / The Atlantic. Source: Weirong Xu / 500px / Getty.
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The gridlike form of this poem is inspired by the paintings of Agnes Martin. It appears in the November 2023 print edition.

About the Author

Victoria Chang is the Bourne Chair in Poetry at Georgia Tech and the author of With My Back to the World.

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