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Poem Title   Author
Above Pate Valley
May. 8, 2007
 
Absence
Apr. 15, 1996
 
Absences
Feb. 11, 1996
 
Absolute September
Aug. 15, 2014
 
Acceptance Speech
Jul. 22, 2007
Jul. 22, 2005
 
Accidental
May. 9, 2011
 
accidents
Oct. 13, 2010
 
According to the Big Bopper...
Mar. 24, 2009
 
Accountability
Feb. 9, 1994
 
 
Achilles' Heel
May. 30, 2005
 
Achtung, My Princess, Good Night
Sep. 18, 2003
 
Acquainted with the Night
Dec. 20, 1993
Mar. 26, 2011
 
Acrobat's Song
Jun. 15, 2008
 
Adam and Eve
Aug. 15, 1995
 
Adam and Eve in Later Life
Mar. 6, 1996
 
Adam Lay I-bounden
Oct. 30, 1999
 
 
Adam's Task
Jan. 28, 1998
 
Add-Water Instant Blues
Oct. 1, 1999
 
Adding It Up
Oct. 8, 2008
Jan. 1, 2010
 
Adelstrop
Jun. 25, 2000
 
Adequate Love
Sep. 2, 2007
 
Adirondack Moosehead
Nov. 18, 2014
 
Admission Requirements of U.S. and Canadian Dental Schools
Aug. 26, 2009
 

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