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Title Author Year
Syntax Reginald Shepherd 2003
Pastoral Jennifer Chang 2008
A Windmill Makes A Statement Cate Marvin 2007
Secret History Charles Simic 2008
Lovers' Infiniteness John Donne 1633
Why Is the Color of Snow? Brenda Shaughnessy 2008
Lights Out Edward Thomas 1917
Ballade [The goat scratches so much it can't sleep] François Villon 1965
Darwin’s Finches Deborah Digges 1986
Drunken Winter Joseph Ceravolo 1994
Fallen Apples Tom Hansen 2006
Change in the Grove of Chickadees Lesle Lewis 2006
At Melville’s Tomb Hart Crane 1933
Nothing Stays Put Amy Clampitt 1997
The Great Black Heron Denise Levertov 1996
Back Beckian Fritz Goldberg 2005
Central Park, Carousel Meena Alexander 2004
Words and the Diminution of All Things Charles Wright 2004
Tenantry George Scarbrough 1989
Passing Through Albuquerque John Balaban 1991

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