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354:Rita Dove
39:Ron Smith
1429:Web site
1374:See also
1239:"In Sky"
1008:Callaloo
828:Bicycle"
661:Pleiades
652:Joy Katz
509:"Beauty"
363:Callaloo
312:Callaloo
290:"Litany"
159:Gargoyle
1128:"Lines"
1062:"Sleet"
992:Witness
807:"Jihad"
188:"Curse"
1467:series
1312:Poetry
1101:Poetry
812:Poetry
796:Rattle
763:Poetry
712:Poetry
341:"Skin"
329:Poetry
295:Poetry
85:, and
1386:Notes
1037:"For
729:FIELD
563:Verse
346:Rhino
1618:2015
1613:2014
1608:2013
1603:2012
1598:2011
1593:2010
1588:2009
1583:2008
1578:2007
1573:2006
1568:2005
1563:2004
1558:2003
1553:2002
1548:2001
1543:2000
1538:1999
1533:1998
1523:1997
1518:1996
1513:1995
1508:1994
1503:1993
1498:1992
1493:1991
1488:1990
1483:1989
1478:1988
1164:LUNA
945:LUNA
824:"To
547:LUNA
209:Bomb
106:Poem
101:Poet
67:Skin
57:and
1132:PMS
1041:in
65:'s
49:'s
1635::
1196:88
611:88
579:88
89:.
81:,
77:,
73:,
35:.
1456:e
1449:t
1442:v
1045:,
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