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SONG OF WAR by KOFI AWOONOR

First Line: I SHALL SLEEP IN WHITE CALICO
Last Line: WE SHALL DIE ON THE BATTLEFIELD
Subject(s): WAR;

Poem Sources:

THE PENGUIN BOOK OF MODERN AFRICAN POETRY. EDITED BY GERALD MOORE AND ULLI BEIER. 3RD EDITION.
  MOORE, GERALD (ED.)
  (1984)
 
THE MCGRAW-HILL BOOK OF POETRY.
  DIYANNI, ROBERT & ROMPF, KRAFT (EDS.)
  (1993)
 
THE PENGUIN BOOK OF MODERN AFRICAN POETRY. EDITED BY GERALD MOORE AND ULLI BEIER. 4TH EDITION.
  MOORE, GERALD (ED.)
  (1998)
 



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