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SEPTEMBER, THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL by HOWARD NEMEROV

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: MY CHILD AND I HOLD HANDS ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL
Last Line: EVEN OUR TEARS BELONG TO RITUAL %BUT MAY GREAT KINDNESS COME OF IT IN THE END

Poem Sources:

GOOD POEMS.
  KEILLOR, GARRISON (ED.)
  (2002)
 
A HOWARD NEMEROV READER
  NEMEROV, HOWARD
  (1991)
 
THE SELECTED POEMS OF HOWARD NEMEROV. DANIEL ANDERSON (ED.).
  NEMEROV, HOWARD
  (2003)
 
GNOMES & OCCASIONS.
  NEMEROV, HOWARD
  (1973)
 



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