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HOW TO MAKE RHUBARB WINE by TED KOOSER

Poet Analysis

First Line: GO TO THE PATCH SOME AFTERNOON %IN EARLY SUMMER, FUZZY WITH BEER
Last Line: BOTTLED AND READY FOR THE YEARS, %AND SMILE. YOU'VE DONE IT AWFULLY WELL
Subject(s): FARM LIFE;

Poem Sources:

HANDSPAN OF RED EARTH; AN ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FARM POEMS.
  MARCONI, CATHERINE LEWALLEN (ED.)
  (1991)
 
THE PITTSBURGH BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  OCHESTER, ED, & ORESICK, PETER (EDS.)
  (1993)
 



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