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INSOMNIA THE GEM OF THE OCEAN by JOHN UPDIKE

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP
Last Line: TWO BAGS OF WATER,IT AND I %IN RESTLESS SYMPATHY HERE LIE
Subject(s): WATERBEDS;

Poem Sources:

THE NORTON BOOK OF LIGHT VERSE.
  BAKER, RUSSELL (ED.)
  (1986)
 
DON'T FORGET TO FLY; A CYCLE OF MODERN POEMS.
  JANECZKO, PAUL B. (ED.)
  (1981)
 
COLLECTED POEMS: 1953 - 1993.
  UPDIKE, JOHN
  (1995)
 



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