Fidelity: PoemsJust before her death in 2007 at the age of eighty-four, Grace Paley completed Fidelity, a wise and poignant book of poems. |
Contents
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Met a Woman on the Plane | 9 |
a new york city man is | 15 |
The HardHearted Rich | 21 |
Birth ofa Child | 27 |
It Doesnt Matter If | 33 |
the very little girl looked at her grandfather | 39 |
News | 45 |
Suddenly Theres Poughkeepsie | 53 |
Went Out Walking | 56 |
On the Park Bench | 62 |
All the old women came out in the sun | 68 |
Windows | 75 |
Education | 81 |
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