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VERY OLD by TED KOOSER

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE VERY OLD ARE FOREVER %HURTING THEMSELVES
Last Line: ON CRUTCES AND CANES, %PERENNIAL, %CHECKING THEIR GAUGES FOR RAIN

Poem Sources:

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



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