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MADRE SOFIA by ALBERTO ALVARO RIOS

Poem Explanation

First Line: MY MOTHER TOOK ME BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T
Last Line: THE FUTURE WILL MAKE YOU TALL
Subject(s): FORTUNE TELLERS;

Poem Sources:

MODERN POEMS. EDITED BY RICHARD ELLMANN AND ROBERT O'CLAIR.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD (ED.)
  (1989)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD, & O'CLAIR, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1988)
 
NEW AMERICAN POETS OF THE '90S.
  MYERS, JACK, & WEINGARTEN, ROGER (EDS.)
  (1991)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: VOLUME 2.
  (1994)
 



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