What I Know For Sure (14 page)

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Lyrics from “Stand” reprinted with the permission of Donnie McClurkin.

Letter from Mattie J. T. Stepanek reprinted by permission of Mattie J. T. Stepanek, personal communication (www.MattieOnline.com).

Edna St. Vincent Millay, excerpt from “On Thought in Harness” from
Collected Poems
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“You Ask About Poetry” reprinted with the permission of Mark Nepo.

Excerpt from “Love After Love” from
The Poetry of Derek Walcott
1948–2013 by Derek Walcott, selected by Glyn Maxwell. Copyright © 2014 by Derek Walcott. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC.

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First Edition: September 2014