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PLAGUE by ROBERT CREELEY

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN THE WORLD HAS BECOME A PESTILENCE
Last Line: AS THEY ARE STILL THERE, WE HOPE, AND WE ARE COMING
Subject(s): AIDS (DISEASE); SICKNESS;

Poem Sources:

POETS FOR LIFE; SEVENTY-SIX POETS RESPOND TO AIDS.
  KLEIN, MICHAEL (ED.)
  (1989)
 
WINDOWS.
  CREELEY, ROBERT
  (1990)
 
SELECTED POEMS.
  CREELEY, ROBERT
  (1991)
 
JUST IN TIME; POEMS, 1984-1994.
  CREELEY, ROBERT
  (2001)
 



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