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horse latitude

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Noun1.horse latitude - either of two belts or regions near 30 degrees north or 30 degrees south; characterized by calms and light-baffling winds
line of latitude, parallel of latitude, parallel, latitude - an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator


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Not just because of their longevity (and "biodegradable" plastic bags are, sadly, not as biodegradable as we have been led to believe), but because, in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (also known as the horse latitudes, or, more recently, as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch), the amount of plastic circling around on top of and beneath the waves has already passed beyond computation.
His latest collection, Horse Latitudes, reveals him to be working at the height of his powers, unafraid of what he has called poetry's need to be "acutely discomfiting".
 
 
 
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