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BOB SUMMERS' BODY by GERALD STERN

Poet Analysis

First Line: I NEVER TOLD THIS -- I SAW BOB SUMMERS' BODY
Last Line: NODDING AND SMILING IN THE PLUSH DARKNESS
Subject(s): HEALING;

Poem Sources:

LIFE ON THE LINE; SELECTIONS ON WORDS AND HEALING.
  WALKER, SUE BRANNAN, & ROFFMAN, ROSALY DEMAIOS (EDS.)
  (1992)
 
MEN OF OUR TIME; AN ANTHOLOGY OF MALE POETRY IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICA.
  MORAMARCO, FRED, & ZOLYNAS, AL (EDS.)
  (1992)
 
LOVESICK.
  STERN, GERALD
  (1987)
 
LEAVING ANOTHER KINGDOM; SELECTED POEMS.
  STERN, GERALD
  (1990)
 
THIS TIME; NEW AND SELECTED POEMS.
  STERN, GERALD
  (1998)
 



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