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“I Have a Rendezvous with Death” by Alan Seeger

A young poet foretells his own death
Posted on October 16, 2017 by Debra L. Stang (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Poet Alan Seeger wrote “I Have a Rendezvous with Death” sometime during World War I. His premonition proved accurate. Seeger was shot in the stomach and died in 1916 during the Battle of Somme. The first few lines of “I Have … Continue reading →

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