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Poem Title   Author
You Are Happy
Dec. 17, 2009
 
You Are In Bear Country
May. 13, 1997
 
You are old, Father William
Sep. 15, 1993
 
You Are There
Jul. 9, 2010
 
You are young. So you know everything. (from West Wind)
Aug. 13, 1997
 
You Can Have It
Nov. 17, 1993
 
you can take it with you
Oct. 19, 2004
 
You don't believe
Jul. 31, 2011
 
You Go to School to Learn
Dec. 6, 2005
 
You Just Think the Last Time
Oct. 22, 2010
 
You made crusty bread rolls...
Mar. 27, 2008
 
You Must Accept
Aug. 28, 2006
 
You shall above all things be glad and young...
Oct. 14, 2011
 
You Went Away
Nov. 9, 1996
 
You Were Asleep
Jul. 26, 2014
 
You're the Top
Apr. 17, 2003
Aug. 22, 2014
 
You're the Top (excerpt)
Jan. 1, 2007
 
 
 
Young Blondes
Mar. 23, 2014
 
Young Blondes, A Religious Poem
Feb. 26, 1996
 
Young Loves
Jul. 23, 1997
 
Young Man Leaving Home
Sep. 7, 1997
Sep. 7, 1998
 
Your Punishment in Hell
Oct. 26, 2010
 
Your Ways, Father
Apr. 8, 2003
 

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