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Some Say In Fire, Some Say In Ice

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Out of Left Field

  • Publication: Southampton Press
  • Published on: Sep 28, 2021
  • Columnist: Anthony Brandt
The line in the headline is from one of Robert Frost’s best-known poems, “Fire and Ice,” and the line preceding it asks how the world will end. Ice is now... more

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