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POPHAM OF THE NEW SONG: 5; FOR R.P. BLACKMUR by NORMAN DUBIE

Poem Explanation

First Line: THERE ARE THE COUNTLESS, RETURNING NEW ENGLAND WIDOWS
Last Line: WITH ALABASTER. AND SUFFER AFFLICTION LIKE AN INSECT.
Subject(s): DICKINSON, EMILY (1830-1886); HABITS; NEW ENGLAND; WIDOWS & WIDOWERS;

Poem Sources:

THE MERCY SEAT; COLLECTED AND NEW POEMS, 1967-2001.
  DUBIE, NORMAN
  (2001)
 



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