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THE IRON BRIDGE by BILLY COLLINS

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First Line: I AM STANDING ON A DISUSED IRON BRIDGE
Last Line: WITH NO END OR NAME, SOME BOUNDLESS PROVINCE OF WATER
Subject(s): CORMORANTS; BRIDGES; MOTHERS; WATER; DEATH;

Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/poetry/antholog/collins/bridge.htm



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