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DEATH by BILLY COLLINS

Poet Analysis

First Line: IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS NEWS OF IT TRAVELLED BY FOOT
Last Line: READY TO SUMMON YOU, READY TO FALL FROM YOUR HAND

Poem Sources:

STAND UP POETRY; THE POETRY OF LOS ANGELES AND BEYOND.
  WEBB, CHARLES HARPER, & LUMMIS, SUZANNE (EDS.)
  (1990)
 
THE WORMWOOD REVIEW, V27#4 (ISSUE 108).
  (1987)
 
THE APPLE THAT ASTONISHED PARIS.
  COLLINS, BILLY
  (1988)
 



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