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INKSPOTS by GERALD STERN

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE THING ABOUT THE DOVE WAS HOW HE CRIED IN
Last Line: PLAYING THE INKSPOTS, THE ENGINEER ROARING

Poem Sources:

THE AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW, V30#6, NOV-DEC/01.
  (2001)
 



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