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FOR ALICE WALKER (A SUMMERTIME TANKA) by JUNE JORDAN

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First Line: REDWOOD GROVE AND WAR
Last Line: "You say, ""These sweet trees: This tree"
Subject(s): WALKER, ALICE (B. 1944); CONGO (REPUBLIC); SEQUOIA TREES; BELGIAN CONGO; REDWOODS;
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