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NOSTALGIA AND COMPLAINT OF THE GRANDPARENTS by DONALD JUSTICE

Poet Analysis

First Line: OUR DIARIES SQUATTED, TOAD-LIKE
Last Line: THE DEAD DON'T GET AROUND %MUCH ANYMORE
Subject(s): GRANDPARENTS; OLD AGE;

Poem Sources:

BREAD LOAF ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY. EDITED BY ROBERT PACK, SYDNEY LEA, AND JAY PARINI.
  PACK, ROBERT (ED.)
  (1985)
 
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY. 4TH ED.
  POULIN, A., JR. (ED.)
  (1985)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD, & O'CLAIR, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1988)
 
LONGMAN ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  FRIEBERT, STUART, & YOUNG, DAVID (EDS.)
  (1989)
 
SUNSET MAKER.
  JUSTICE, DONALD
  (1987)
 
NEW AND SELECTED POEMS.
  JUSTICE, DONALD
  (1995)
 



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