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PICKING THE ROSES by GERALD STERN

Poet Analysis

First Line: I AM PICKING THE ROSES FOR NEXT TIME
Last Line: LIKE HEAVY BIRDS IN LAST YEAR'S MUDDY GRASS

Poem Sources:

THIS TIME; NEW AND SELECTED POEMS.
  STERN, GERALD
  (1998)
 



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