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Results Displaying 26 to 50 of 560 results <Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next>
Poem Title		Author
Snow-Bound Feb. 27, 2014		John Greenleaf Whittier
Song: The Summer People May. 15, 1998		Reed Whittemore
Song of Myself (excerpt) Sep. 17, 2000 Oct. 22, 2002 Nov. 11, 2002 Nov. 12, 2002 Nov. 13, 2002 Nov. 14, 2002 Nov. 15, 2002 Nov. 16, 2002 Nov. 17, 2002 May. 31, 2004 Mar. 19, 1995 May. 31, 1995 Feb. 20, 1996 May. 31, 1996 May. 15, 1997 Oct. 5, 1997 Sep. 17, 1999 May. 14, 1993 May. 27, 1993 May. 31, 2009		Walt Whitman
Song of the Open Road (excerpt) Nov. 13, 1996 May. 31, 1998 May. 31, 1999 Feb. 15, 1993		Walt Whitman
Sometimes With One I Love Jun. 5, 2000		Walt Whitman
Spring Song Apr. 15, 2014		Edith Wharton
Spring Apr. 8, 2014		Marjory Wentworth
Starting from Scratch Feb. 22, 2006		Ingrid Wendt
Spiders Mar. 11, 1998		Charles Harper Webb
Summer Night Aug. 30, 2013		Connie Wanek
Speeding Mar. 14, 2003 Mar. 14, 2004		David Wagoner
Stopping along the Way Oct. 16, 2008		David Wagoner
Sins of the Fathers Feb. 26, 1999 May. 31, 2014		Mark Vinz
some clerihews Jul. 10, 2002		Various
Seagulls Jul. 5, 1995		John Updike
Small City People Mar. 18, 1994		John Updike
Solitaire Apr. 4, 2000 Apr. 4, 2001		John Updike
Saying Goodbye to Very Young Children Oct. 2, 2003 Oct. 2, 2004		John Updike
Slum Lords Apr. 29, 2008		John Updike
Snowbound Feb. 16, 2009		David Tucker
September: Last Day at the Beach Sep. 29, 1996		Richard Tillinghast
Something By Vivaldi Jul. 6, 2001		Richard Tillinghast
Snow Mar. 17, 2008		Elizabeth Tibbetts
September Midnight Sep. 2, 1995		Sara Teasdale
Suburban Bison Mar. 11, 2009		James Tate
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