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ELEGY FOR MY FATHER by MEENA ALEXANDER

Poet Analysis

First Line: FATHER, WHEN YOU DIED, YOUR BONES %WERE BRITTLE, FIT TO BURN
Last Line: POINTING TO A CLOUD STREAKED WITH PINK, %A LEAPING INDIGO WAVE, %ALMAV AVIDE AVIDE, AVIDE!

Poem Sources:

ILLITERATE HEART.
  ALEXANDER, MEENA
  (2002)
 



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