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Poem Title   Author
 
 
 
A Little Health
Jan. 13, 2003
Jan. 13, 2004
 
A little kingdom
Dec. 28, 2006
 
A Little Shiver
Jan. 27, 2013
 
 
A Little Tune
Mar. 21, 2006
 
A Long and Gracious Fall
Nov. 11, 2012
 
A Longford Legend (Irish ballad)
Dec. 7, 1995
 
A Love Song, First Version, 1915
Sep. 17, 1996
 
A Major Work
Aug. 27, 1995
 
A Man Alone
Feb. 11, 2010
 
A Man and a Woman Sit Near Each Other
Aug. 23, 1994
Aug. 28, 1997
 
A Man Gets Off Work Early
Jun. 18, 2001
 
A Man in Maine
Feb. 26, 2001
Feb. 26, 2002
 
A Man of Words and Not of Deeds
Oct. 8, 1996
 
A March in the Ranks hard Pressed on the Road Unknown
Jun. 12, 1995
Dec. 13, 1995
Jun. 12, 1996
Jun. 12, 1997
Jul. 3, 1998
 
A Marriage
Dec. 5, 2009
 
A Message Gone Awry
Mar. 23, 2003
Mar. 23, 2004
 
A Minor Bird
Aug. 29, 1995
 
A Monday in May
Sep. 11, 2013
 
A Monorhyme for the Shower
Jul. 26, 2013
 
A Monument on Okinawa
Nov. 22, 2006
 
A Morning In Autumn
Sep. 24, 2006
 

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