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WAKE ISLAND by MURIEL RUKEYSER

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First Line: PROOF OF AMERICA! A FIRE ON THE SEA,
Last Line: proof of America to lift the soul / fighting to prove us whole
Subject(s): WAKE ISLAND; WORLD WAR II; SECOND WORLD WAR;
Full Poem Text Available at
http://murielrukeyser.emuenglish.org/writing/wake-island/


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