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FIREWORKS by BABETTE DEUTSCH

Poet Analysis

First Line: NOT GUNS, NOT THUNDER, BUT A FLUTTER OF CLOUDED DRUMS
Last Line: NIGHT ABSORBS THEM %WITH THE SPONGE OF HER SILENCE
Subject(s): FIREWORKS; HOLIDAYS; SILENCE;

Poem Sources:

O FRABJOUS DAY! POETRY FOR HOLIDAYS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
  LIVINGSTON, MYRA COHN (ED.)
  (1977)
 
THE NEW YORKER BOOK OF POEMS; SELECTED BY THE EDITORS OF THE NEW YORKER.
  (1969)
 
COLLECTED POEMS OF BABETTE DEUTSCH.
  DEUTSCH, BABETTE
  (1969)
 



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