The Pool

Naomi Dean

Mix Tape • Poetry

October 31, 2022

80s Issue

In Naomi Dean's transfixing poem, a local pool is imbued with the powers of renewal.

Naomi Dean has taught English and Spanish in Brooklyn, New York, and Palo Alto, California. She currently teaches ESL at a public school in the Twin Cities, Minnesota, where she lives with her husband, son, and daughter. Naomi’s work has recently appeared in Poetica, Sylvia, and The Madrigal.

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