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in darkness and in hedges I sang my sour tone and all my love was howling conspicuously alone.

W. D. Snodgrass

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W. D. Snodgrass
Age: 83 †
Born: 1926
Born: January 5
Died: 2009
Died: January 13
Poet
Translator
University Teacher
Writer
Beaver Falls
Pennsylvania
Sour
Sang
Tone
Loneliness
Darkness
Alone
Conspicuously
Love
Hedges
Howling

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