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PORTER by MARILYN NELSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: SUDDENLY / WHEN I HEAR AIRPLANES OVERHEAD
Last Line: HE LOOKS DOWN. THEN HE LOOKS AT ME AND GRINS. / I TOOK IT, TOO!
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS - MILITARY; FAMILY LIFE; AVIATION & AVIATORS; RELATIVES;
Full Poem Text Available at
http://www.yourclassical.org/story/2009/01/17/tuskegee_airmen


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