Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, JOTTINGS: NEW-BORN, by JAMES OPPENHEIM


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JOTTINGS: NEW-BORN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Death and birth dog us
Last Line: The world and I are so unstudied fresh...
Subject(s): Birth; Child Birth; Midwifery


DEATH and birth dog us:
I died only a few days ago:
Now, new-born, I send up a cry of delight at creation:
The world and I are so unstudied fresh...





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