Jeannine Hall Gailey served as the second poet laureate of Redmond, Washington. She’s the author of five books of poetry.
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Spellcaster
A golden-haired girl born
in a month of sacrifice,
poor little lamb
throws off her wool coat
and pulls out boots she stole
and rides off on a reindeer instead
and of course she can speak to roses—
isn’t that the point?
Eventually she ends up in a...