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NAME-BURNING by STEPHEN DOBYNS

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: ASHES, THE DISSONANCE OF UNICORNS; THE EDGES
Last Line: Shakes himself, grumbles off through fields / of flowering clover

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