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MEMORY OF ELENA by CAROLYN FORCHE

Poet Analysis

First Line: WE SPEND OUR MORNING
Last Line: WAITING WITH THEIR TONGUES CUT OUT %FOR THIS PARTICULAR SILENCE

Poem Sources:

BUYING TIME.
  WALKER, SCOTT (ED.)
  (1985)
 
MORROW ANTHOLOGY OF YOUNGER AMERICAN POETS.
  SMITH, DAVE, & BOTTOMS, DAVID (EDS.)
  (1985)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD, & O'CLAIR, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1988)
 
THE MCGRAW-HILL BOOK OF POETRY.
  DIYANNI, ROBERT & ROMPF, KRAFT (EDS.)
  (1993)
 
A BOOK OF WOMEN POETS FROM ANTIQIUTY TO NOW. REVISED ED.
  BARNSTONE, ALIKI, & BARNSTONE, WILLIS
  (1992)
 



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