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First Line: CROSSING THE STREET, %I SAW THE PARENTS AND THE CHILD
Last Line: WITH THE UNSTIFLEMENT OF THE ENTIRE STORY, %WATCH A RED SETTER STRETCH AND SINK IN CLOUD
Subject(s): DIVORCE;

Poem Sources:

BRITISH AND AMERICAN POETS; CHAUCER TO THE PRESENT.
  BATE, W. JACKSON, & PERKINS, DAVID (EDS.)
  (1986)
 
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)
 
SURVEY OF AMERICAN POETRY. VOLUME X: MID CENTURY TO 1984; GENERAL INDEXES.
  (1986)
 
HARPER ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY.
  NIMS, JOHN FREDERICK (ED.)
  (1981)
 
THE NEW OXFORD BOOK OF AMERICAN VERSE.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD (ED.)
  (1976)
 
HARVARD BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  VENDLER, HELEN (ED.)
  (1985)
 
THE BROADVIEW ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY.
  ROSENGARTEN, HERBERT & GOLDRICK-JONES, AMANDA (EDS.)
  (1993)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY. SHORTER FOURTH EDITION.
  FERGUSON, MARGARET, SALTER, MARY JO, & STALLWORTHY, JON (EDS.)
  (1997)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY. FOURTH EDITION.
  FERGUSON, MARGARET, SALTER, MARY JO, & STALLWORTHY, JON (EDS.)
  (1996)
 
EIGHT AMERICAN POETS.
  CONARROE, JOEL (ED.)
  (1997)
 
EARTH TOOK EARTH; A GOLDEN ECCO ANTHOLOGY.
  GRAHAM, JORIE (ED.)
  (1996)
 
ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN AMERICAN POETRY.
  NELSON, CARY (ED.)
  (2000)
 
FROM THE FIRST NINE; POEMS, 1946-1976.
  MERRILL, JAMES INGRAM
  (1982)
 
SELECTED POEMS, 1946 - 1985.
  MERRILL, JAMES INGRAM
  (1993)
 
COLLECTED POEMS. EDITED BY J.D. MCCLATCHY AND STEPHEN YENSER.
  MERRILL, JAMES INGRAM
  (2001)
 



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