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Poem Title   Author
A Fishing Song
Aug. 16, 1995
 
A Friend's Umbrella
Jul. 29, 2009
 
A Ghost Story
Mar. 20, 2011
 
A Girl in Milwaukee and a Girl in Brooklyn
Apr. 25, 2006
Apr. 25, 2008
 
A Girl Playing in a Sandbox
Jun. 10, 2007
 
A Glass of Beer
Jun. 24, 1995
 
A Glass of Water
Aug. 13, 2011
 
A Glimpse, Age Five
Jun. 28, 1998
 
A Good Son
Apr. 8, 2004
 
 
A Green Cornfield
Jul. 20, 2011
 
A Guardian Tanya
Apr. 2, 1999
 
A Guest
Feb. 1, 1996
 
A Hardware Store as Proof of the Existence of God
Apr. 11, 1997
 
A Highly-Strung Lady Called Weems
May. 5, 1999
 
A Hint of Spring
May. 15, 2013
 
A History of Modern Poetry
May. 9, 2005
 
A House in Hampstead
Aug. 6, 2004
 
A Hundred Years from Now
Jan. 29, 2014
 
A Hymn to God the Father
Aug. 20, 2000
Aug. 20, 2001
Aug. 20, 2002
 
A Kind of Fruitfulness
Mar. 28, 1996
Mar. 28, 1995
 
A Lamb By Its Ma
Apr. 17, 2006
 
 
 
 

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