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Truly Pathetic
Source: Poetry (July 1999).
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Biography
Neal Bowers grew up in Clarksville, Tennessee. He received a PhD from the University of Florida and taught for many years at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. He has written novels, nonfiction, and several collections of poetry, including Night Vision (1992) and Out of the South (2002), which won the Society of Midland Authors 2002-03 Poetry Prize. Set in rural Tennessee, the book captures the experience of growing up in the . . .
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Living, Disappointment & Failure, Stars, Planets, Heavens, Humor & Satire, Nature, Arts & Sciences, Weather
POET’S REGION U.S., Southern
Poetic Terms Imagery, Allusion, Mixed
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