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AFTER THE FALL OF SAIGON by YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA

Poem Explanation

First Line: AN AFTERNOON STORM HAS HIT
Last Line: TRYING TO BITE OFF HER TONGUE
Subject(s): VIETNAMESE CONFLICT, 1961-1975;

Poem Sources:

CARRYING THE DARKNESS; THE POETRY OF THE VIETNAM WAR.
  EHRHART, W. D. (ED.)
  (1985)
 
AGAINST FORGETTING; TWENTIETH-CENTURY POETRY OF WITNESS.
  FORCHE, CAROLYN (ED.)
  (1993)
 



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