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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CINQUAIN: NIGHT, by KENNETH CHING
First Line: The night / is warm and still
Last Line: Wind's fan!
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
First Line: The night / is warm and still
Last Line: Wind's fan!
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
The night
is warm and still,
black like an African ...
oh, slave, bring me from the Nile a green
wind's fan!
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