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Fact

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
Original Publication Date
1951
Original Citation
Man and His Field. Denver: Alan Swallow. 1951. 39.
Complete Poems
370
Hearst Collections
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

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