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TWILIGHT SEDUCTION by YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA

Poem Explanation

First Line: BECAUSE DUKE'S VOICE
Last Line: YOUR LIPS TO OPEN UP %THE SKY & LET IN %THE NIGHT
Subject(s): ELLINGTON, EDWARD KENNEDY ("DUKE"); JAZZ; MUSIC AND MUSICIANS;

Poem Sources:

THE SECOND SET; THE JAZZ POETRY ANTHOLOGY, VOLUME 2.
  FEINSTEIN, SASCHA, & KOMUNYAKAA, YUSEF (EDS.)
  (1996)
 
THE GEORGIA REVIEW, V50#1, SPRING /96.
  (1996)
 



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