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In California During the Gulf War Denise Levertov 1992
A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London Dylan Thomas 1952
Catch a Little Rhyme Eve Merriam 1966
The Sphinx Ralph Waldo Emerson 1841
Asphodel, that Greeny Flower [Excerpt] William Carlos Williams 1962
Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio James Wright 1959
Madam and the Phone Bill Langston Hughes 1994
Purgatory Maxine Kumin 1965
The Conjugation of the Paramecium Muriel Rukeyser 1968
Ghost Paul Mariani 1996
Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister Robert Browning 1842
Michael's Wine Sandra Alcosser 1998
Chorus from Oedipus at Colonos Anthony Hecht 1990
An Octave Above Thunder Carol Muske-Dukes 1997
Stirred Up By Rain Chase Twichell 1998
Man and Wife Robert Lowell 1976
The Women Who Clean Fish Erica Funkhouser 1983
Identities Daniel Hoffman 2002
Ikon: The Harrowing of Hell Denise Levertov 1989
The Shooting of John Dillinger Outside the Biograph Theater, July 22, 1934 David Wagoner 1966

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