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W. D. Snodgrass

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After experience taught me that all the ordinary …

W. D. Snodgrass

As we drove back, crossing the hill, …

W. D. Snodgrass

The green catalpa tree has turned …

W. D. Snodgrass

Stand back, make way, you mindless scum, …

W. D. Snodgrass

Child of my winter, born …

W. D. Snodgrass

This is the needle that we give …

W. D. Snodgrass

Sorting out letters and piles of my old …

W. D. Snodgrass

The eyelids glowing, some chill morning. …

W. D. Snodgrass

I …

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I …

W. D. Snodgrass

And why, Herr Reichsmarschall, is Italy …

W. D. Snodgrass

Sweet beast, I have gone prowling, …

W. D. Snodgrass

Observe the cautious toadstools …

W. D. Snodgrass

Up the reputable walks of old established trees …

W. D. Snodgrass

Is it, then, your opinion …

W. D. Snodgrass

Admire, when you come here, the glimmering hair …

W. D. Snodgrass

My pale stepdaughter, just off the school bus, …

W. D. Snodgrass

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