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RED COAL by GERALD STERN

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: SOMETIMES I SIT IN MY BLUE CHAIR TRYING TO REMEMBER
Last Line: IN THE CARS AND THE KITCHENS AND THE BOOKSTORES; %IN THE CROWDED RESTAURANTS, IN THE EMPTY WOODS AND

Poem Sources:

LEAVING ANOTHER KINGDOM; SELECTED POEMS.
  STERN, GERALD
  (1990)
 



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