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YOU CAME WITH SHELLS by JUNE JORDAN

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: YOU CAME WITH SHELLS. AND LEFT THEM
Last Line: WILL TELL ABOUT THE HOWLING %AND THE LOSS

Poem Sources:

MODERN POEMS. EDITED BY RICHARD ELLMANN AND ROBERT O'CLAIR.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD (ED.)
  (1989)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD, & O'CLAIR, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1988)
 
HARUKO/LOVE POEMS.
  JORDAN, JUNE
  (1994)
 



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