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ORCHID by CHARLES KENNETH WILLIAMS

Poet Analysis

First Line: TELL ME TO TOUCH YOUR BREAST,' I WANTED TO SAY: PLEASE, PLEASE
Last Line: BROWNED, FADED, CRUMPLED BETWEEN US, AS THE ORCHID OF MEMORY %CRUMPLES, MUMMIFIED LIKE A FLY

Poem Sources:

THE AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW, V16#1, JANUARY & FEBRUARY /87.
  (1987)
 
FLESH AND BLOOD.
  WILLIAMS, C. K.
  (1987)
 
LOVE ABOUT LOVE.
  WILLIAMS, C. K.
  (2001)
 



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