Classic and Contemporary Poetry

INSCRIBED ON HANDMADE PAPER ON THE DUE DATE OF A DAUGHTER NEVER BORN by DAVID WOJAHN

First Line: IN TENDER LABOR THE MAKING BEGAN-A ROBE
Last Line: & UNMAKING & OUR LABOR WE BRING: A CLOAK FOR YOUR CROSSING

Poem Sources:

QUARTERLY WEST, #53, FALL-WINTER/01-02.
(2001)

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