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Title Author Year
Wedding Dress Michael Waters 2006
Buddhist Barbie Denise Duhamel 1997
Shirt Robert Pinsky 1990
The List of Famous Hats James Tate 1986
Old Coat Liam Rector 1994
The Clerk’s Tale Spencer Reece 2004
Wrap Aimee Nezhukumatathil 2003
Question May Swenson 1978
Coat Peg Boyers 2002
Borrowed Dress Cathy Colman 2001
“What Do Women Want?” Kim Addonizio 2000
The Plaid Dress Edna St. Vincent Millay 2001
Black Nikes Harryette Mullen 1997
Ode to a Dressmaker’s Dummy Donald Justice 1991

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