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Poem Title   Author
Drinking Song, A
Jul. 14, 2000
 
Drive Shaft
Nov. 21, 1998
 
Driving at Night
Nov. 3, 2009
 
Driving Home At Night
Dec. 22, 2007
 
Driving into Our New Lives
Dec. 1, 2008
 
Driving Montana
Jul. 10, 1994
 
Driving Montana, Alone
Feb. 25, 2011
 
Driving Nails
Nov. 1, 2009
 
Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter
Jan. 29, 2005
 
Driving Toward the Lac Qui Parle River
Apr. 3, 1994
Aug. 23, 1997
Jun. 2, 2013
 
Driving Up the Ohio River on Route 2 in Late Fall
Oct. 26, 2006
 
Driving West in 1970
May. 23, 2009
 
Driving with Uncle Bailey
Nov. 11, 2007
 
Drop Dead
Nov. 11, 2011
 
 
 
Drumming Behind You in the High School Band
Feb. 13, 2009
 
Dublin, 1959
Sep. 24, 2000
 
 
Ducks at Peace
Nov. 23, 2013
 
 
During December's Death
Nov. 27, 1995
 
During the Assassinations
Jun. 5, 2011
 
During the War
Aug. 13, 1993
 
Durum wheat
May. 21, 2009
 

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