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Title Author Year
what it means to be avant-garde [excerpt] David Antin 1993
Queen-Anne's-Lace William Carlos Williams 1921
Reminiscence Stéphane Mallarmé 1994
Epitaph on a Hare William Cowper 1783
To the Saguaro Cactus Tree in the Desert Rain James Wright 1992
Hospital: strange lights Jean Valentine 2008
Secret History Charles Simic 2008
Letter [Persephone to Demeter] Rachel Zucker 2003
Regarding Chainsaws Hayden Carruth 2006
Couture Mark Doty 1995
Day Job and Night Job Andrew Hudgins 2003
Heat Denis Johnson 1994
Surreptitious Kissing Denis Johnson 1994
The Fish Linda Bierds 1994
Third Charm from Masque of Queens Ben Jonson 1609
I May After Leaving You Walk Quickly or Even Run Matthea Harvey 2006
Nothing Stays Put Amy Clampitt 1997
The Initiate Charles Simic 1990
Song Frank Bidart 2005
Father Outside Nick Flynn 2004

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