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NEW PIETA: FOR THE MOTHERS AND CHILDREN OF DETROIT by JUNE JORDAN

Poet Analysis

First Line: THEY WAIT LIKE DARKNESS NOT BECOMING STARS
Last Line: SHE AND HER KNEES LOCK SLOWLY CLOSED (A BURNING DOOR) %NOT TO CONTINUE AS THEY BLED BEFORE %HE MOVES

Poem Sources:

THE POETRY OF BLACK AMERICA; ANTHOLOGY OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
  ADOFF, ARNOLD (ED.)
  (1973)
 



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