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CITY LIMITS by TED KOOSER

Poet Analysis

First Line: HERE ON THE WEST EDGE, THE TOWN TURNED ITS BACK ON THE WEST
Last Line: A SWITCH WITH RED EYES WIPES ITS MOUTH WITH A SLEEVE
Subject(s): RAILROADS; TRAVEL; WEST (U.S.);

Poem Sources:

THE GREAT MACHINES; POEMS AND SONGS OF THE AMERICAN RAILROAD.
  HEDIN, ROBERT (ED.)
  (1996)
 
POETRY NORTHWEST, V34#1, SPRING /93.
  (1993)
 
WEATHER CENTRAL.
  KOOSER, TED
  (1994)
 



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