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SONG FOR ISHTAR by DENISE LEVERTOV

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE MOON IS A SOW
Last Line: WE ROCK AND GRUNT, GRUNT AND %SHINE
Subject(s): ISHTAR (BABYLONIAN GODDESS); WOMEN;

Poem Sources:

MODERN POEMS. EDITED BY RICHARD ELLMANN AND ROBERT O'CLAIR.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD (ED.)
  (1989)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD, & O'CLAIR, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1988)
 
NAKED POETRY; RECENT AMERICAN POETRY IN OPEN FORMS.
  BERG, STEPHEN, & MEZEY, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1969)
 
POSTMODERNS; THE NEW AMERICAN POETRY REVISED.
  ALLEN, DONALD, & BUTTERICK, GEORGE F. (EDS.)
  (1982)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF LITERATURE BY WOMEN. SECOND EDITION.
  GILBERT, SANDRA M. & GUBAR, SUSAN (EDS.)
  (1996)
 
SELECTED POEMS.
  LEVERTOV, DENISE
  (2002)
 



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