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THE NEW COUNTRY by PETER JOHNSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: I WAS WITH MY GRANDFATHER WHEN THE BOAT LANDED
Last Line: GLIMMER OF A GLIMMER IN HIS BLOODSHOT EYE
Subject(s): GRANDPARENTS; IMMIGRANTS; PAST; GRANDMOTHERS; GRANDFATHERS; GREAT GRANDFATHERS; GREAT GRANDMOTHERS; EMIGRANT; EMIGRATION; IMMIGRATION;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Pretty_Happy/GVBH3bOEwEMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=johnson+%22+I+was+with+my+grandfather+when+the+boat+landed%22&pg=PA80&printsec=frontcover


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