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Jeanie Greensfelder

San Luis Obispo, California

Jeanie Greensfelder is the author of the poetry collections Biting the Apple (Penciled In, 2012), Marriage and Other Leaps of Faith (Penciled In, 2015), and I Got What I Came For (Penciled In, 2017). Her poem “First Love” appeared on Garrison Keillor's The Writers' Almanac, and her poem “Sixth Grade” was featured in Ted Kooser's column, “American Life in Poetry.” She lives in San Luis Obispo, California.

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By Jeanie Greensfelder

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Taking Turns

Column 477

Sixth Grade