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LEAVING LONGBOAT KEY; IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM SLOANE, III by JOHN CIARDI

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE DRAWBRIDGE BLINKS RED, YAWNS. THE AIRPORT LIMO
Last Line: I TOUCH MY INSIDE POCKETS AND FEEL MY TICKET
Subject(s): FAREWELL; LONGBOAT KEY, FLORIDA;

Poem Sources:

THE BIRDS OF POMPEII.
  CIARDI, JOHN
  (1985)
 
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF JOHN CIARDI. COMPILED AND EDITED BY EDWARD M. CIFELLI.
  CIARDI, JOHN
  (1997)
 



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