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SLEEP IN THE MOJAVE DESERT, by             Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Out here there are no hearthstones
Last Line: And the crickets come creeping into our hair / to fiddle the short night away
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted, Mrs.
Subject(s): Mohave Desert; Mojave Desert




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