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Title Author Year
Quatrains Gwendolyn Bennett 1927
The Painted Bed Donald Hall 2006
Darwin’s Finches Deborah Digges 1986
The Beef Epitaph Michael Benedikt 1976
San Sepolcro Jorie Graham 1995
Epilogue Robert Lowell 1975
Central Park, Carousel Meena Alexander 2004
The Happiness Jack Hirschman 2002
A Hermit Thrush Amy Clampitt 1997
My Picture Left in Scotland Ben Jonson 1640
Nikolaus Mardruz to his Master Ferdinand, Count of Tyrol, 1565 Richard Howard 1994
The Valley of Aijalon Babette Deutsch 1925
Poem for Grown Children Kathleen Driskell 2025
The Monk Monica Sok 2026
Position Paper #53: National Archivist Andrea Lawlor 2026
The Iliad, Book XX [The Warrior’s Return] Homer 2023
[I finish The Lover and we take a walk.] Nicole Tallman 2025
My Son Rests His Cheek on the Wrecked Car Lory Bedikian 2026
The Teeth on My Wrist Elizabeth Bradfield 2026
Immigrants David Cruz 2025

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