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An Equation for My Children
Source: Poetry (June 2003).
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Biography
The son of agricultural missionaries, poet Wilmer Mills grew up in Brazil and Louisiana. Mills earned both a BA and MA in theology from the University of the South, and worked at a variety of jobs during his life including carpenter, sawmill operator, baker, farmer, and white water raft guide. He also served as the Kenan Visiting Writer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Arts & Sciences, Sciences
POET’S REGION U.S., Southern
Poetic Terms Sonnet
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