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HOMETOWN AFTER A WAR by JOHN CIARDI

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE RIVER BLACKENS IN A FRAME OF SNOW
Last Line: LEARNING WHAT WE LEFT FOR LOST, WAS NOT
Subject(s): HOMECOMING; VETERANS;

Poem Sources:

THE COLLECTED POEMS OF JOHN CIARDI. COMPILED AND EDITED BY EDWARD M. CIFELLI.
  CIARDI, JOHN
  (1997)
 



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