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THIS WAS ONCE A LOVE POEM by JANE HIRSHFIELD

Poet Analysis

First Line: THIS WAS ONCE A LOVE POEM, %BEFORE ITS HAUNCHES THICKENED, ITS BREATH GREW
Last Line: WITH A SINGLE FINGER OUTSTRETCHED LIKE A TINY FLAME

Poem Sources:

THE THREEPENNY REVIEW, #84, WINTER/01.
  (2001)
 



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