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THISTLE, THE NETTLE by CZESLAW MILOSZ

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE THISTLE, THE NETTLE, THE BURDOCK, AND BELLADONNA
Last Line: AND A SMALL WIND ABOVE THEM, A SLEEPY CLOUD, SILENCE

Poem Sources:

THE NEW YORKER, V65#41, NOVEMBER 27/89.
  (1989)
 
PROVINCES; POEMS 1987-1991. ROBERT HASS AND CZESLAW MILOSZ (TRS.)
  MILOSZ, CZESLAW
  (1993)
 



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