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1989 Delmore
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saying "there are a lot of people who are indebted to him."
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482:The Dark Flags of Waking
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859:The Writer's Almanac
855:Poems by Robert Dana
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808:on November 21, 2009
705:Cornell College News
534:What the Stones Know
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244:. There he attended
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956:Robert Dana Reading
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255:Des Moines Register
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117:1996 Pushcart Prize
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455:Paris on the Flats
430:Rainer Maria Rilke
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348:Beijing University
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