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TEARING UP MY MOTHER'S LETTERS by DIANE WAKOSKI

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE RAIN OF SUMMER THUNDERS DOWN PAST THE SWEET PEAS
Last Line: as I have tried to tear that part / out of me
Subject(s): MOTHERS & DAUGHTERS; LETTERS; GRIEF; SELF-HATE; SORROW; SADNESS;
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