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Text of Poem	I knew a man once who gave up the ghost When he no longer cared what happened next, He had less curiosity than most— I wonder if his present state is fixed. I like to look ahead to another season And expect a bigger crop in the coming year. I do not think the plan is out of reason, I have my way to make while I am here.
First Line	I knew a man once who gave up the ghost
Original Pub Location	Man and His Field
Original Publication Date	1951
Original Citation	Man and His Field. Denver: Alan Swallow. 1951. 39.
Complete Poems	370
Hearst Collections	Man and His Field 39, Landmark and Other Poems 44.
Word Count	69
Poetic Form	closed
Bibliographic Notes	Publishing Error: pages 19-20 and 41-42 and incorrectly printed twice, back to back, between pages 30-31
Themes	life suicide

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