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Poem Title   Author
I Have a Rendezvous With Death
Jun. 22, 1993
 
I Have Lived and I Have Loved
Apr. 6, 1997
 
I Have Lived This Way For Years And Do Not Wish To Change
Apr. 28, 2007
 
I have no Life but this
May. 30, 2011
 
I have perceiv'd that to be with those I like is…
Jan. 19, 1995
 
I Hear America Singing
Jul. 4, 2002
 
I Hear an Army
Nov. 18, 1998
 
I Heard You Solemn-Sweet Pipes of the Organ
Feb. 3, 2009
 
 
I know I have the best of time and space
Aug. 18, 1995
 
I like a look of Agony...
Sep. 12, 1995
Feb. 2, 2009
 
i like my body
Oct. 14, 2009
 
I Live for My Car
Jun. 2, 1995
 
I Looked Up
Dec. 6, 2013
 
I Love All Beauteous Things
Oct. 23, 2014
 
I Love the Way Men Crack
Jan. 2, 2008
 
I Love You Sweatheart
Apr. 25, 2003
Nov. 10, 1997
 
 
I Meet My Grandmother in Italy
Jul. 19, 2014
 
I needed to talk to my sister...
Dec. 26, 2007
 
I Picture You at Your Piano
Jul. 17, 2004
 
I Planned To Have a Border of Lavender
Sep. 9, 2006
Sep. 9, 2008
 
I Ran Out Naked In The Sun
Sep. 12, 2011
 
 
I Remember
Sep. 17, 2001
 

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