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COLEMAN HAWKINS (D. 1969). RIP by WILLIAM MATTHEWS

Poet Analysis

First Line: AS IF THAT SAX
Last Line: I HATE IT THAT HE'S DEAD
Subject(s): HAWKINS, COLEMAN (1904-1969); JAZZ; MUSIC AND MUSICIANS;

Poem Sources:

THE JAZZ POETRY ANTHOLOGY.
  FEINSTEIN, SASCHA, & KOMUNYAKAA, YUSEF (EDS.)
  (1991)
 



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