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Poem Title   Author
Everything Happens Twice
Oct. 12, 2006
 
Everything in Life is Divided
May. 6, 2005
 
Everything Is Beautiful from a Distance, and So Are You
Sep. 22, 2009
 
Everything We Do
Jan. 28, 2009
 
Evolution
Oct. 18, 2010
 
Evolution in Indiana
Sep. 4, 2004
Sep. 4, 2008
 
Ex-Boyfriends
Feb. 4, 2010
 
Ex-boyfriends in Heaven
Jul. 13, 2006
 
exactly right
Nov. 9, 2010
 
 
Excerpt
Nov. 30, 2009
 
Excerpt from "An Essay on Man"
Dec. 12, 1999
May. 21, 2012
 
Excerpt from "An Essay on Man"
Dec. 12, 1999
May. 21, 2012
 
Excerpt from "The Dragon and the Unicorn"
Dec. 22, 2012
 
Excerpt from Paradise Lost
Dec. 9, 2012
 
Excerpt from Paradise Lost
Aug. 25, 2010
 
Excerpt from The Tempest Act 4, Scene 1
Apr. 23, 2011
 
Excerpts from "How to be Perfect"
May. 30, 2012
 
Excerpts from Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
May. 31, 2013
 
Excerpts from Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood
Mar. 21, 2011
 
Exchanging Hats
Feb. 8, 2002
 
Execution
Oct. 5, 2007
 
Exegesis
Feb. 8, 2012
 
Exercise
Sep. 30, 2006
 
Exit Alone
Sep. 29, 1997
 

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