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HUMILITY by FRED CHAPPELL

Poem Explanation

First Line: IN THE NECESSARY FIELD AMONG THE ROUND
Last Line: THE DEEP BIBLE LIES OPEN LIKE A TURNED-DOWN BED

Poem Sources:

MODERN SOUTHERN READER; MAJOR STORIES, DRAMA, POETRY, ESSAYS, INTERVIEWS & REMINISCENCES FROM THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY SOUTH.
  FORKNER, BEN & SAMWAY, PATRICK (EDS.)
  (1986)
 
A NEW PLEIADE; SELECTED POEMS.
  CHAPPELL, FRED, KELLY CHERRY, R. H. W. DILLARD, BRENDAN GALVIN, GEORGE GARRETT, DAVID R. SLAVITT, AND HENRY TAYLOR.
  (1998)
 
THE YELLOW SHOE POETS; SELECTED POEMS, 1964-1999.
  GARRETT, GEORGE (ED.)
  (1999)
 
SOURCE.
  CHAPPELL, FRED
  (1985)
 



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