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POEM YOU ASKED FOR by LARRY LEVIS

Poet Analysis

First Line: MY POEM WOULD EAT NOTHING. %I TRIED GIVING IT WATER
Last Line: SLICKING ITS HAIR DOWN. %SAID IT WAS GOING %OVER TO YOUR PLACE

Poem Sources:

GOING OVER TO YOUR PLACE; POEMS FOR EACH OTHER.
  JANECZKO, PAUL B. (ED.)
  (1987)
 
THE PITTSBURGH BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  OCHESTER, ED, & ORESICK, PETER (EDS.)
  (1993)
 
THE SELECTED LEVIS. SELECTED AND WITH AN AFTERWORD BY DAVID ST. JOHN.
  LEVIS, LARRY
  (2000)
 



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