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CRYSTAL LITHIUM by JAMES SCHUYLER

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE SMELL OF SNOW, STINGING IN NOSTRILS AS THE WIND LIFTS IT FROM A BEACH
Last Line: LOOK,' THE OCEAN SAID (IT WAS TUMBLED, LIKE OUR SHEETS), 'LOOK %IN MY EYES'

Poem Sources:

POSTMODERNS; THE NEW AMERICAN POETRY REVISED.
  ALLEN, DONALD, & BUTTERICK, GEORGE F. (EDS.)
  (1982)
 
VINTAGE BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  MCCLATCHY, J. D. (ED.)
  (1990)
 
POSTMODERN AMERICAN POETRY: A NORTON ANTHOLOGY.
  HOOVER, PAUL (ED.)
  (1994)
 
SELECTED POEMS.
  SCHUYLER, JAMES
  (1988)
 
COLLECTED POEMS.
  SCHUYLER, JAMES
  (1993)
 



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