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Title Author Year
Return John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester 1714
Purgatorio, Canto X Dante Alighieri 1867
Exquisite Politics Denise Duhamel 1997
Albany Ron Silliman 1983
I May After Leaving You Walk Quickly or Even Run Matthea Harvey 2006
Credo Matthew Rohrer 2001
San Sepolcro Jorie Graham 1995
Losing Track Denise Levertov 1964
Country Fair Charles Simic 1991
The Difference Between Pepsi and Coke David Lehman 1986
A Newborn Girl at Passover Nan Cohen 1998
Identity Crisis F. D. Reeve 2005
The Plaid Dress Edna St. Vincent Millay 2001
Sentimental Education Mary Ruefle 2000
The Valley of Aijalon Babette Deutsch 1925
Wake Turbulence Elizabeth Metzger 2026
A Good Doctor Michael Dickman 2025
Vanishing Gbenga Adesina 2025
Forgetting Joy Ladin 2025
From “Migrations” Gloria Gervitz 2025

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