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BRIEFCASE by PAUL MULDOON

Poet Analysis

First Line: I HELD THE BRIEFCASE AT ARM'S LENGTH FROM ME
Last Line: AND STRIKE OUT ALONG THE EAST RIVER %FOR THE SEA. BY WHICH I MEAN THE 'OPEN' SEA

Poem Sources:

CONFOUNDED LANGUAGE; NEW POEMS BY NINE IRISH WRITERS.
  CONNOR, NOEL (ED.)
  (1991)
 
THE COLUMBIA ANTHOLOGY OF BRITISH POETRY. EDITED BY CARL WOODRING AND JAMES SHAPIRO.
  WOODRING, CARL (ED.)
  (1995)
 



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