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ADAM THINKING by LUCILLE CLIFTON

Poet Analysis

First Line: SHE %STOLEN FROM MY BONE
Last Line: THIS CREATION IS SO FIERCE %I WOULD RATHER HAVE BEEN BORN

Poem Sources:

THE AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW, V20#2, MARCH & APRIL /91.
  (1991)
 
BLESSING THE BOATS; NEW AND SELECTED POEMS 1988-2000.
  CLIFTON, LUCILLE
  (2000)
 



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