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SWEET RUIN by TONY HOAGLAND

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: MAYBE THAT IS WHAT HE WAS AFTER
Last Line: THERE WAS ALWAYS THE DESIRE. %ALWAYS THE CLOUD, SUDDENLY PRESENT %AND WILLING TO OBLIGE

Poem Sources:

NEW AMERICAN POETS OF THE '90S.
  MYERS, JACK, & WEINGARTEN, ROGER (EDS.)
  (1991)
 
SWEET RUIN
  HOAGLAND, TONY
  (1992)
 



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