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Poem Title   Author
Bus Boy
Oct. 20, 2011
 
Bus Driver
Feb. 16, 2012
 
Bus Stop
Apr. 9, 1994
 
But Once Upon a Very Young Time
Jun. 11, 1995
Jun. 11, 1996
Jun. 11, 1997
 
Butter
Dec. 25, 1993
 
Butter
Jul. 18, 1998
 
By a Swimming Pool Outside Siracusa
Feb. 10, 2003
 
By Dark
Jan. 22, 2010
 
By Fire
Nov. 19, 2001
 
By Her Aunt's Grave
May. 4, 2005
 
By My Age
Oct. 8, 1994
 
By the Front Door
May. 15, 2014
 
By the Round Pond
Oct. 9, 2002
 
By the Shores of Pago Pago
Jan. 6, 2005
 
Bypass
Dec. 11, 2006
 
 

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