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BARN FIRE by THOMAS LUX

Poet Analysis

First Line: IT STARTS, SOMEHOW, IN THE HOT DAMP
Last Line: Because they know they are safe there, / the horses run back into the barn
Subject(s): FARM LIFE; AGRICULTURE; FARMERS;

Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/New_and_Selected_Poems_1975_1995/1WaNJXO3J1QC?q=&gbpv=1#f=false



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