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XXIX [Surprised by joy—impatient as the Wind] William Wordsworth 1815
Purgatorio, Canto X Dante Alighieri 1867
Return John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester 1714
Couture Mark Doty 1995
Reasons To Survive November (audio only) Tony Hoagland 2006
Eating the Bones Ellen Bass 2007
To Anthea Who May Command Him Any Thing Robert Herrick 1648
Exquisite Candidate Denise Duhamel 1997
Exquisite Politics Denise Duhamel 1997
At the Very Beginning Katie Peterson 2006
Post-Modernism James Galvin 1997
Portrait in Georgia Jean Toomer 1923
Catch a Little Rhyme Eve Merriam 1966
Age and Death Emma Lazarus 1888
Self-Portrait as Miranda Geri Doran 2005
homage to my hips (audio only) Lucille Clifton 1983
The Satyr’s Heart Brigit Pegeen Kelly 2004
Love Poem Gregory Orr 2002
Metaphors of a Magnifico Wallace Stevens 1954
Tagaq Sutra Kazim Ali 2020

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