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For at least a day, since I first became acquainted with 'Cummington', I did not associate it with being a place name, but, perversely, completely assumed we were talking about Collington. Stephen Collington.
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Yeah, I had the same confusion going on in my mind. I think Richard Wilbur can handle this poem. I do hope he was spared the "squash stew" poem, though. I thought it was just vulgar. I mean, it is fine and dandy if people want to 'do it' with vegetables, but please just don't make me read about it, okay? Or as my kids would say... "Get a room!".
Anne