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FATHER by TED KOOSER

Poet Analysis

First Line: YOU SPENT FIFTY-FIVE YEARS
Last Line: WE LAUGHED TILL WE CRIED
Subject(s): FATHERS; RETAIL TRADE;

Poem Sources:

STRINGS; A GATHERING OF FAMILY POEMS.
  JANECZKO, PAUL B. (COMP.)
  (1984)
 
FOR A LIVING; THE POETRY OF WORK.
  COLES, NICHOLAS, AND ORESICK, PETER (EDS.)
  (1995)
 
ONE WORLD AT A TIME.
  KOOSER, TED
  (1985)
 



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