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PLUMA by GERALD STERN

Poet Analysis

First Line: ONCE, WHEN THERE WERE NO RICHES, SOMEWHERE IN SOUTHERN
Last Line: A DOG HAD STARTED TO BARK ARID LIGHTS WERE BURNING
Subject(s): MEXICO; PENS & PENCILS; WRITING & WRITERS;

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