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INSPIRATION by JANE HIRSHFIELD

Poet Analysis

First Line: THINK OF THOSE CHINESE MONKS' TALES
Last Line: IS AN ACCIDENT, THOUGH CERTAIN EFFORTS MAKE YOU ACCIDENT-PRONE.' %THE REST SLANTS FOX-LIKE, IN AND O

Poem Sources:

BENEATH A SINGLE MOON; BUDDHISM IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  JOHNSON, KENT, & PAULENICH, CRAIG (EDS.)
  (1991)
 
THE AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW, V19#4, JULY & AUGUST /90.
  (1990)
 
THE OCTOBER PALACE.
  HIRSHFIELD, JANE
  (1994)
 



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