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REMINDER TO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT; FOR LEWIS COOK by CHRISTOPHER HOWELL

Poem Explanation

First Line: ON AN AVERAGE AFTERNOON MEN LAY DOWN
Last Line: THE DIMMING HEAVENS, FAR OFF, LIKE A TELEGRAM %ON ITS WAY
Subject(s): KENT STATE UNIVERSITY - RIOT, 1970; VIETNAMESE CONFLICT, 1961-1975;

Poem Sources:

CARRYING THE DARKNESS; THE POETRY OF THE VIETNAM WAR.
  EHRHART, W. D. (ED.)
  (1985)
 
A GATHERING OF POETS. EDITED BY MAGGIE ANDERSON AND ALEX GILDZEN.
  ANDERSON, MAGGIE (ED.)
  (1992)
 
SEA CHANGE.
  HOWELL, CHRISTOPHER
  (1985)
 



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