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FRIENDSHIP by TOI DERRICOTTE

Poet Analysis

First Line: I TELL YOU I AM ANGRY %YOU SAY YOU ARE AFRAID
Last Line: IS READY TO GO HOME? IN A CITY %BETWEEN TUNNELS--CRACKS %OF DARKNESS IN THE SEA

Poem Sources:

BLUESTONES AND SALT HAY; AN ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY NEW JERSEY POETS.
  LEWIS, JOEL (ED.)
  (1990)
 
THE PITTSBURGH BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  OCHESTER, ED, & ORESICK, PETER (EDS.)
  (1993)
 
I FEEL A LITTLE JUMPY AROUND YOU; PAIRED POEMS BY MEN & WOMEN. EDITED BY NAOMI SHIHAB AND PAUL B. JANECZKO.
  NYE, NAOMI SHIHAB (ED.)
  (1999)
 
CAPTIVITY.
  DERRICOTTE, TOI
  (1989)
 



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