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AFTER YEARS by TED KOOSER

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First Line: TODAY, FROM A DISTANCE, I SAW YOU
Last Line: of my heart with no one to tell.
Subject(s): ABSENCE; SEPARATION; ISOLATION;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/poetry-180/all-poems/item/poetry-180-081/after-years/


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