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IN AN OLD APPLE ORCHARD by TED KOOSER

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE WIND'S AN OLD MAN
Last Line: YOU CAN SEE HIM %STILL ROLLING ABOUT IN HIS SLEEP
Subject(s): FARM LIFE;

Poem Sources:

VITAL SIGNS; CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY FROM THE UNIVERSITY PRESSES.
  WALLACE, RONALD (ED.)
  (1989)
 
HANDSPAN OF RED EARTH; AN ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FARM POEMS.
  MARCONI, CATHERINE LEWALLEN (ED.)
  (1991)
 



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