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122:"The Ungrateful Citizens"
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156:"Midwestern Villanelle"
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651:"Man on a Fire Escape"
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1259:
1242:
1239:"Kamelopard"
1225:
1208:
1191:
1174:
1157:
1140:
1123:
1106:
1089:
1068:
1049:
1034:Grand Street
1032:
1029:"Eighth Sky"
1015:
998:
981:
974:Thylias Moss
964:
947:
928:
911:
894:
877:
860:Ploughshares
858:
851:Li-Young Lee
841:
826:Ploughshares
824:
817:Maxine Kumin
807:
790:
773:
756:
739:
722:
705:
690:Grand Street
688:
671:
668:"Identities"
654:
637:
620:
603:
586:
569:
552:
535:
518:
511:Jorie Graham
501:
484:
477:Louise Glück
469:Ploughshares
467:
460:Jack Gilbert
450:
443:Amy Gerstler
433:
418:Ploughshares
416:
407:Alice Fulton
397:
380:
373:Stephen Dunn
365:Ploughshares
363:
346:
331:Fine Madness
329:
314:Grand Street
312:
295:
278:
261:
244:
229:Ploughshares
227:
210:
193:
176:
159:
142:
135:John Ashbery
125:
108:
91:
76:
71:
66:
54:
50:
42:David Lehman
35:
30:
29:
28:
22:
15:
1358:"Vertumnal"
1235:Lewis Turco
1133:Len Roberts
1108:New Letters
1103:"Plenitude"
1078:Liam Rector
1008:Mary Oliver
991:Carol Muske
879:Iowa Review
596:Robert Hass
562:Donald Hall
498:"Body Will"
399:Iowa Review
390:Susan Firer
382:Iowa Review
339:Carl Dennis
292:"Nostalgia"
195:Iowa Review
161:Iowa Review
1786:Categories
1307:"The Knot"
925:"Terminal"
834:Evelyn Lao
715:Lynda Hull
494:Jill Gonet
220:Robert Bly
152:Robin Behn
25:book cover
1681:1988–1997
1468:Boulevard
1142:Boulevard
673:Boulevard
481:"Vespers"
190:"Healing"
1540:See also
1046:"Avenue"
930:Callaloo
377:"Smiles"
118:John Ash
1312:Antaeus
1154:"Trial"
961:"Honey"
838:"Green"
622:Raritan
503:ZYZZYVA
452:Witness
309:"Other"
178:Hambone
1620:series
1516:Poetry
1125:Poetry
1017:Poetry
1012:"Rain"
537:Tikkun
348:Poetry
1552:Notes
1432:Field
1346:Field
1329:Field
983:Epoch
949:Field
913:Verse
792:Epoch
275:"Sex"
110:Field
1771:2015
1766:2014
1761:2013
1756:2012
1751:2011
1746:2010
1741:2009
1736:2008
1731:2007
1726:2006
1721:2005
1716:2004
1711:2003
1706:2002
1701:2001
1696:2000
1691:1999
1686:1998
1676:1997
1671:1996
1666:1995
1661:1994
1656:1993
1651:1992
1646:1991
1641:1990
1636:1989
1631:1988
1091:AGNI
72:Poem
67:Poet
1788::
1533:2
1521:2
1509:2
1497:2
1485:2
1473:2
1461:2
1449:4
1437:4
1425:5
1413:6
1401:6
1389:7
48:.
1609:e
1602:t
1595:v
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