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137:John Ashbery
127:
112:
107:
102:
77:Alice Notley
69:John Ashbery
62:
60:
45:
40:
37:
29:David Lehman
22:
17:
16:
15:
1311:"In Charge"
1277:Lewis Warsh
1179:Haniel Long
971:Sharon Olds
709:Timothy Liu
630:"9/11/2001"
577:Donald Hall
528:Simone Weil
522:Peter Gizzi
403:Elaine Equi
373:"Midsummer"
269:Anne Carson
89:Donald Hall
73:Anne Carson
56:Sharon Olds
1654:Categories
1384:References
1243:Sam Truitt
1173:Dale Smith
1103:Ira Sadoff
1024:"Fretwork"
1003:Jena Osman
894:"Sympathy"
685:Boondoggle
626:Fanny Howe
354:Ruth Danon
222:"The Body"
194:Bombay Gin
1549:1988–1997
1322:Dara Wier
1162:, Silent"
954:D. Nurkse
547:"Reunion"
303:Tom Clark
1372:See also
1354:John Yau
1037:Pam Rehm
926:"Sonnet"
726:Mộng-Lan
664:"Flying"
329:Pleiades
81:John Yau
1300:Witness
1285:The Hat
1201:Hambone
1166:Facture
1095:Hambone
1012:Hambone
996:Facture
943:"Haunt"
915:The Hat
833:Hambone
799:jubilat
783:The Hat
767:jubilat
735:jubilat
730:"Trail"
681:"Great"
652:Hambone
497:Hambone
446:Hambone
362:3rd Bed
261:jubilat
1488:series
1230:"Call"
1129:Poetry
947:Pharos
295:Poetry
1363:Verse
1158:"For
552:Slate
179:Slope
175:"12²"
146:Verse
1639:2015
1634:2014
1629:2013
1624:2012
1619:2011
1614:2010
1609:2009
1604:2008
1599:2007
1594:2006
1589:2005
1584:2004
1579:2003
1574:2002
1569:2001
1564:2000
1559:1999
1554:1998
1544:1997
1539:1996
1534:1995
1529:1994
1524:1993
1519:1992
1514:1991
1509:1990
1504:1989
1499:1988
1330:Volt
1112:AGNI
619:Crux
108:Poem
103:Poet
79:and
1656::
75:,
71:,
35:.
1477:e
1470:t
1463:v
1181:"
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