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Poem Title   Author
Why I Don't Write Autobiographical Poems
Jun. 14, 2010
 
why i feed the birds
Apr. 1, 2014
 
Why I Have A Crush On You, UPS Man
Aug. 21, 2007
 
Why I Love Mornings
Jul. 25, 2010
 
Why I Love Swimming Pools
Mar. 28, 2014
 
Why I Need the Birds
Feb. 8, 2007
Sep. 1, 1997
 
Why I Take Good Care of my Macintosh
Jun. 23, 2003
 
Why I Wake Early
Jan. 11, 2014
 
Why I'm Here
Apr. 6, 2011
 
Why There Will Always Be Thistle
Jun. 18, 2002
 
Why We Are Afraid
Mar. 7, 1999
 
Why We Speak English
Mar. 31, 2009
 
 
Widows
Apr. 22, 2003
 
Wife Hits Moose
Sep. 30, 1997
 
 
 
Wild Before Winter
Dec. 2, 2012
 
Wild Card
Oct. 6, 2005
 
Wild Game
Jun. 22, 2010
 
Wild Geese
Aug. 5, 2003
 
Wild Geese
Apr. 23, 2010
 
 
Wild Geese Alighting on a Lake
Sep. 26, 1999
 
Wild Iris, The
Apr. 22, 1994
 

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