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Poem Title   Author
Woolworth's
Jul. 13, 1998
 
Woolworth's
Nov. 30, 1998
 
Woolworth's
Jul. 4, 1997
 
 
 
 
Words from the Front
Nov. 19, 2007
 
Words of wisdom
Oct. 2, 2008
 
Words That Make My Stomach Plummet
May. 1, 2008
 
Words the Dreamer Spoke to My Father in Maine
Mar. 10, 1998
 
 
Worked Late on a Tuesday Night
Nov. 30, 2001
 
Working Elsewhere
May. 19, 2004
 
Working in the Rain
May. 2, 2001
May. 2, 2002
 
Working Late
Feb. 10, 2002
 
Would It Be So Wrong
Dec. 1, 2013
 
Wreck of the Hesperus, The (slightly abridged)
Dec. 30, 1994
 
Wrist-Wrestling Father
Mar. 8, 2000
Jul. 18, 1997
 
Write a Book a Year
Jun. 16, 2010
 
 
Writing On Napkins At The Sunshine Club; Macon, Georgia 1970
Feb. 20, 2008
 
Written For a Personal Epitaph
Feb. 20, 2000
Feb. 20, 2005
 
Written in March
Mar. 28, 1996
Apr. 9, 2014
 
 
Wynken Blynken
Aug. 28, 2000
Aug. 28, 2001
 

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