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94:"The Damned"
90:A. R. Ammons
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44:Jorie Graham
40:David Lehman
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1250:Sidney Wade
1216:Mark Strand
1208:Iowa Review
1122:"AIDS Days"
862:"Adoration"
858:Jane Miller
754:Kevin Magee
677:"Facing It"
496:"Crossings"
477:Robert Hass
443:Donald Hall
418:New Letters
409:Linda Gregg
379:"This Land"
367:New Letters
341:Aaron Fogel
205:Anne Carson
139:Marvin Bell
1729:Categories
1488:2010-04-05
1233:James Tate
1126:These Days
1094:God Hunger
900:Love Alone
833:The Nation
780:The Nation
722:Thomas Lux
709:"Scouting"
607:Fanny Howe
275:"Thinking"
177:"Jealousy"
23:book cover
1622:1988–1997
1506:MiPoesias
1276:Boulevard
1061:Boulevard
977:How(ever)
805:Jane Mead
426:Thom Gunn
413:"The War"
350:Boulevard
226:"Wake Up"
1454:See also
1169:"Primos"
660:"Gangue"
551:Fortress
430:"Duncan"
115:Broadway
107:John Ash
1504:at the
1370:Antaeus
1325:Antaeus
1142:Antaeus
1010:Antaeus
915:Temblor
763:Hambone
600:Antaeus
181:Empathy
1561:series
1430:o•blék
1105:"Haze"
1044:o•blék
993:Sulfur
956:"They"
758:"Road"
726:"Time"
616:o•blék
1466:Notes
1712:2015
1707:2014
1702:2013
1697:2012
1692:2011
1687:2010
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1587:1991
1582:1990
1577:1989
1572:1988
747:Avec
78:Poem
73:Poet
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