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- Seeing it Through by Alice Friman
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- Curtis Fox
Host Intro:
This is Poetry Off the Shelf from The Poetry Foundation. The Poet Alice Friman grew up in New York, and now lives in Milledgeville, Georgia. Her most recent book of poems is called Zoo. Her poem Seeing it Through is about the approach of death after a long life.
Host Outro:
That was the poet Alice Friman reading her poem Seeing it Through. The piece was produced by PoetryFoundation.org. You can find out more about Friman, and read some of her poems, at the website PoetryFoundation.org.
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Piece Description
Host Intro: This is Poetry Off the Shelf from The Poetry Foundation. The Poet Alice Friman grew up in New York, and now lives in Milledgeville, Georgia. Her most recent book of poems is called Zoo. Her poem Seeing it Through is about the approach of death after a long life. Host Outro: That was the poet Alice Friman reading her poem Seeing it Through. The piece was produced by PoetryFoundation.org. You can find out more about Friman, and read some of her poems, at the website PoetryFoundation.org.








