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Barry Sternlieb

Barry Sternlieb is the author of Thoreau’s Hat (Brooding Heron, 1994) and Fission (Adastra, 1986). His poems have appeared in New England Review and Poetry.

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Spring 2004 | Poetry

Hoping characters ring true, the master assigns just two words, war and peace, for the final class. In light of tradition, he examines every stroke, satisfied our work on war has nowhere else to turn, but peace is another story, looking too much l [...]