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SELECTING A READER by TED KOOSER

Poet Analysis

First Line: FIRST, I WOULD HAVE HER BE BEAUTIFUL
Last Line: FOR THAT KIND OF MONEY, I CAN GET %MY RAINCOAT CLEANED.' AND SHE WILL

Poem Sources:

THE PITTSBURGH BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  OCHESTER, ED, & ORESICK, PETER (EDS.)
  (1993)
 



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