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TO WESTWARD by JOHN CIARDI

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First Line: WESTWARD I HAD EXPECTED REMINDERS: SOMEWHERE IN THE DAKOTA'S CARPET
Last Line: MEN GOING NOWHERE, HANDS POCKETED, HEELS KICKING THE WALL
Subject(s): MIDDLE WEST; TRAVEL; MIDWEST; OLD NORTHWEST; CENTRAL STATES; NORTH CENTRAL STATES; JOURNEYS; TRIPS;
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https://www.google.com/books/edition/Collected_Poems_of_John_Ciardi_p/qkcmAjKXJn0C?q=TO+WESTWARD&gbpv=1&bsq=to%20westward#f=false


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