Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AFTER IKKYU: 11, by JAMES HARRISON


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First Line: At hard luck ranch the tea is hot
Last Line: Tells me the same old story.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim


At Hard Luck Ranch the tea is hot,
the sky's dark blue. Behind me
the jaguar skin from the jaguar
who died so long ago from a bullet
while perched on a calf's back
tells me the same old story.





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