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Poem Title   Author
My Children at the Dump
Sep. 25, 1993
 
My Cup
Jan. 15, 2003
 
My Dad's Wallet
Sep. 12, 2000
 
My Dad's Wallet
Sep. 14, 1994
 
My Dad's Wallet
Aug. 29, 1997
 
My Dad's Wallet
Sep. 12, 1999
 
My Daughter at 14: Christmas Dance.
Dec. 8, 2007
 
My Daughter Snorkeling
Aug. 30, 2006
Aug. 23, 2004
 
My Daughters in New York
Sep. 9, 2009
 
My Daughter's Morning
Sep. 23, 2007
 
My Dead Daughter
Nov. 27, 2005
 
My Dead Friends
Feb. 25, 2012
 
My Dream
Nov. 26, 2007
 
My Earliest Memory
Dec. 25, 2011
 
My Edward Hopper Eye, My Claude Monet
Jun. 26, 2000
 
My Elusive Guest
Jul. 12, 1997
 
 
My Father As House Builder
Jul. 30, 2013
 
My Father at 85
Jun. 9, 2003
Aug. 3, 1994
 
My Father Comes to the City
May. 3, 1995
Jun. 10, 1998
Mar. 10, 2013
 
My Father Gets Up in the Middle of the Night to Watch an Old Movie
Oct. 15, 2006
Oct. 15, 2003
Oct. 15, 2004
 
My Father Laughing in the Chicago Theater
Nov. 12, 1997
 
My Father's Back
Aug. 18, 1993
 
My Father's Body
Mar. 24, 2011
 
My Father's Corpse
Apr. 27, 2010
 

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