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THE GOLDEN AGE OF FIGUREHEAD by MATTHEA HARVEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: FIRST WE SLOUGHED OFF THE SAILORS—WHEN A STORM HIT WE’D LEAN INTO IT AND WATCH AS THEY SLIPPED
Last Line: was invented, like the giant tenor who unbuckles his belt and lets out his one truest note
Subject(s): SAILING & SAILORS; SHIPS & SHIPPING;
Full Poem Text Available at
http://bombmagazine.org/article/2813/three-poems


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