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190:Craig Arnold
182:
167:
152:
135:
120:
115:
110:
69:Craig Arnold
57:
55:
47:Bob Perelman
39:
37:
33:Lyn Hejinian
29:David Lehman
22:
17:
16:
15:
1362:Five Points
1311:Rattapallax
1187:Bruce Smith
1140:"Love Song"
1108:"the story"
1104:Carly Sachs
1072:Ed Roberson
1055:Carl Rakosi
755:John Koethe
725:Marc Jaffee
625:"from Baby"
569:Pataphysics
561:Aaron Fogel
499:"All Souls"
399:Jack Collom
350:Anne Carson
285:Rattapallax
253:The Forward
137:Five Points
1660:Categories
1319:Paul Violi
1266:James Tate
1255:"Acanthus"
1251:Arthur Sze
1025:"Pleasure"
881:Erín Moure
678:"Catholic"
674:Fanny Howe
584:The Canary
407:Ecopoetics
367:T.J. Clark
324:"The Walk"
93:Paul Violi
89:James Tate
51:Jean Day's
1555:1988–1997
1450:David Orr
1030:Tin House
947:Jeni Olin
797:Rapidfeed
744:"The Man"
629:Sal Mimeo
495:Rita Dove
478:Linh Dinh
455:Tin House
198:Open City
132:"Chicken"
1371:See also
1180:Antennae
1149:Harper's
1010:"Here 2"
983:Pleiades
595:"Anyway"
580:"Saints"
463:Jean Day
403:"3-4-00"
179:"Almost"
1042:"Samba"
537:Aufgabe
392:Fulcrum
328:Conduit
1494:series
978:"RSVP"
966:Jacket
95:, and
1383:Notes
1306:Kiosk
1227:Lyric
1165:SHINY
1144:Fence
1123:"III"
874:Kiosk
842:SHINY
748:SHINY
599:SHINY
343:Lyric
249:SHINY
168:SHINY
1645:2015
1640:2014
1635:2013
1630:2012
1625:2011
1620:2010
1615:2009
1610:2008
1605:2007
1600:2006
1595:2005
1590:2004
1585:2003
1580:2002
1575:2001
1570:2000
1565:1999
1560:1998
1550:1997
1545:1996
1540:1995
1535:1994
1530:1993
1525:1992
1520:1991
1515:1990
1510:1989
1505:1988
1195:POOL
482:"13"
116:Poem
111:Poet
49:and
1452:in
1112:PMS
75:,
1662::
1308:,
1146:,
963:,
957:,
716:,
695:""
648:,
287:,
251:,
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91:,
87:,
83:,
79:,
71:,
67:,
35:.
1483:e
1476:t
1469:v
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291:,
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