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Title Author Year
Sappho and Phaon: Sonnet III Mary Robinson 1796
in the decision of a beginning [3] Rusty Morrison 2011
A Spray of Water: Tanka [the round spoon] Tada Chimako 2010
Dead Horse Thomas Lux 2010
Where I Live Maxine Kumin 2010
Demeter to Persephone Alicia Ostriker 2009
Portrait d'une Femme Ezra Pound 1912
The Book of the Dead Man (Nothing) Marvin Bell 2009
The Maldive Shark Herman Melville 1888
A Noun Sentence Mahmoud Darwish 2007
Howl, Part III and Footnote to Howl (audio only) Allen Ginsberg 1975
Purgatorio, Canto X Dante Alighieri 1867
Quatrains Gwendolyn Bennett 1927
Bucolics [LIX] Maurice Manning 2007
California Plush Frank Bidart 1973
The Legend Garrett Hongo 1988
The Sun Underfoot Among the Sundews Amy Clampitt 1997
San Sepolcro Jorie Graham 1995
Of Memory and Distance Russell Edson 2005
homage to my hips (audio only) Lucille Clifton 1983

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