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Poem Title   Author
a poem
Nov. 22, 2001
 
A Poem for Emily
Oct. 3, 2002
Jun. 22, 1994
 
A Poem With My Mother In It
May. 26, 2000
 
A Poison Tree
Jan. 31, 2005
 
A Portrait of the Reader with a Bowl of Cereal
Mar. 4, 2001
 
A Postcard from the Volcano
Oct. 2, 1995
Oct. 2, 1997
Oct. 2, 2013
 
A Pot of Red Lentils
Sep. 22, 2012
 
A Prayer among Friends
Oct. 19, 2012
 
A Prayer for the Self
Apr. 12, 2009
Jun. 20, 2011
 
 
A Primer of the Daily Round
Mar. 31, 1998
Jul. 9, 2007
Jul. 9, 2005
Jul. 9, 2008
 
A Private Man on Public Men
Jun. 2, 2006
Jun. 2, 2004
 
A Psalm for Vineyards
Oct. 22, 1997
 
A Psalm of Life
Feb. 27, 1997
 
A Quiet Life
Jun. 2, 2008
 
A Quiet Place
Oct. 4, 1995
 
A Rainy Morning
Apr. 25, 2014
 
A Reading
Jul. 21, 2006
 
 
A Relection of Beauty in Washington
Dec. 23, 1994
 
A Request
Oct. 7, 2012
 
A Ritual to Read to Each Other
Nov. 1, 2004
Oct. 26, 2001
Jul. 7, 1997
May. 29, 1993
 
A Road in Kentucky
Aug. 4, 2002
 
A Romance for the Wild Turkey
May. 12, 2012
 
 

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