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Born in 1923 / Died in 2003 / United States / English

Poems by Alan Dugan

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Elegy

... are soap suds in the whiskey: ...

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How We Heard the Name

... ''Friends,'' he said, ''the great ...

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On Looking for Models

... It is the "something else" that bothers ...

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Drunken Memories Of Anne Sexton

... She drank it all down while staring me ...

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Nomenclature

... " and "My prosthesis does not speak French ...

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Swing Shift Blues

... Don't you realize, you stupid son of a bitch, ...

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Monologue Of A Commercial Fisherman

... you can take fish out of one and children out of the other ...

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Wall, Cave, And Pillar Statements, After Asoka

... ”   That is the end of the statements, but, ...

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Two Quits And A Drum, And Elegy For Drinkers

... EXCEED. A beggar with no legs below ...

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On Hurricane Jackson

... trainers whisper in his mouth while one ear ...

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Remembering An Account Executive

... We joked that he fucked them up the ass to make more customers ...

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Prison Song

... It’s jealousy, because I look for other tools to know ...

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Fabrication of Ancestors

... For old Billy Dugan, shot in the ass in the Civil war, my father said ...

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On Being A Householder

... Therefore I would find shelter in houses, ...

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Love Song: I and Thou

...   I need a hand to nail the right, ...