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Title Author Year
Where I Live Maxine Kumin 2010
Fear of the Future John Koethe 2009
The Passionate Freudian to His Love Dorothy Parker 1996
The Words Under the Words Naomi Shihab Nye 1995
The Branches Jean Valentine 2009
Testament Carl Sandburg 1918
Ode on Dictionaries Barbara Hamby 2009
Since Nine O’Clock C. P. Cavafy 2009
XXIX [Surprised by joy—impatient as the Wind] William Wordsworth 1815
Return John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester 1714
Eating the Bones Ellen Bass 2007
I Would Like to Describe Zbigniew Herbert 2007
Exquisite Politics Denise Duhamel 1997
Albany Ron Silliman 1983
At the Very Beginning Katie Peterson 2006
Catch a Little Rhyme Eve Merriam 1966
Losing Track Denise Levertov 1964
The Difference Between Pepsi and Coke David Lehman 1986
Post-Modernism James Galvin 1997
homage to my hips (audio only) Lucille Clifton 1983

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