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After Thanksgiving by Sandra M. Gilbert

From: Curtis Fox
Series: Poetry Off the Shelf
Length: 01:40

Contemporary poems read by actors Read the full description.

Winterhouse01_small Host Intro: This is Poetry Off the Shelf, from the Poetry Foundation. In After Thanksgiving, by Sandra M. Gilbert, after packing her youngest on an airplane back to college, a mother compares the end of autumn to her own season in life. The reader is Anne O'Sullivan... Host Outro: After Thanksgiving, by Sandra M. Gilbert, was read by Anne O'Sulllivan. Poetry off the Shelf is produced by The Poetry Foundation, on-line at poetryfoundation.org.

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Host Intro: This is Poetry Off the Shelf, from the Poetry Foundation. In After Thanksgiving, by Sandra M. Gilbert, after packing her youngest on an airplane back to college, a mother compares the end of autumn to her own season in life. The reader is Anne O'Sullivan... Host Outro: After Thanksgiving, by Sandra M. Gilbert, was read by Anne O'Sulllivan. Poetry off the Shelf is produced by The Poetry Foundation, on-line at poetryfoundation.org.

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