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IN PLACE OF A CURSE by JOHN CIARDI

Poet Analysis

First Line: AT THE NEXT VACANCY FOR GOD, IF I AM ELECTED
Last Line: BEWARE THE CALCULATIONS OF THE MEEK, WHO GAMBLED NOTHING, %GAVE NOTHING, AND COULD NEVER RECEIVE ENO

Poem Sources:

HOPWOOD ANTHOLOGY; FIVE DECADES OF AMERICAN POETRY.
  THOMAS, HARRY, & LAVINE, STEVEN (EDS.)
  (1981)
 
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF JOHN CIARDI. COMPILED AND EDITED BY EDWARD M. CIFELLI.
  CIARDI, JOHN
  (1997)
 



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