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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REMINDER TO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT; FOR LEWIS COOK, by CHRISTOPHER HOWELL Poem Explanation First Line: On an average afternoon men lay down Last Line: The dimming heavens, far off, like a telegram %on its way Subject(s): Kent State University - Riot, 1970; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 | |||
View Poem Text | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SECOND-HAND ELEGY; FOR DOUGLAS DICKEY, PFC., USMC by MICHAEL ANANIA AT A MARCH AGAINST THE VIETNAM WAR (LATER VERSION) by ROBERT BLY ON BEING ASKED TO WRITE A POEM AGAINST THE WAR IN VIETNAM by HAYDEN CARRUTH HOMELESS COMPLEYNT by ALLEN GINSBERG IN THAI BINH (PEACE) PROVINCE by DENISE LEVERTOV WEEPING WOMAN by DENISE LEVERTOV WAITER IN A CALIFORNIA VIETNAMESE RESTURANT by CLARENCE MAJOR THE NATIONAL PAINTINGS: COL. TRUMBULL'S 'THE DECLARATION...' by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK |
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