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CHRISTMAS 1944 by DENISE LEVERTOV

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First Line: BRIGHT CARDS ABOVE THE FIRE BRING NO FRIENDS NEAR
Last Line: Hearing hatred crackle in the coal, / the voice of treason, the voice of love
Subject(s): CHRISTMAS; WORLD WAR II; NATIVITY, THE; SECOND WORLD WAR;
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https://www.google.com/books/edition/Collected_Earlier_Poems_1940_1960/jB-KufsozNoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=levertov+%22Bright+cards+above+the+fire+bring+no+friends+near%22&pg=PA24&printsec=frontcover


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