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THERE IS WIND, THERE ARE MATCHES by GERALD STERN

Poet Analysis

First Line: A THOUSAND TIMES I HAVE SAT IN RESTAURANT WINDOWS
Last Line: WHISTLING BACH AND MUCZYNSKI THROUGH THE CLOSED BLINDS
Subject(s): CIVILIZATION; RESTAURANTS;

Poem Sources:

LONGMAN ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  FRIEBERT, STUART, & YOUNG, DAVID (EDS.)
  (1989)
 
NIGHT OUT: POEMS ABOUT HOTELS, MOTELS, RESTAURANTS, AND BARS.
  BROWN, KURT, AND BOSSELAAR, LAURE-ANNE (EDS.)
  (1997)
 
LEAVING ANOTHER KINGDOM; SELECTED POEMS.
  STERN, GERALD
  (1990)
 
THIS TIME; NEW AND SELECTED POEMS.
  STERN, GERALD
  (1998)
 



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