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Results Displaying 101 to 125 of 205 results <Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next>
Poem Title		Author
On Mondays May. 14, 2012		Marilyn Donnelly
On My Own Jan. 10, 2001 Jan. 10, 2002 Jan. 10, 2006		Philip Levine
on my way to Santa Rosa May. 7, 2013		Ingrid Swanberg
On Punctuation Oct. 15, 2010		Elizabeth Austen
On the 747 Jun. 30, 2011		Malena Morling
On the Assembly Line Jan. 23, 2009		Virgil Suarez
On the Back Porch Feb. 8, 2009		Dorianne Laux
On the Beach Aug. 2, 2012		Ramon Montaigne
On the Christmaswhite Plains Mar. 24, 1996		Thomas McGrath
On The Days I Am Not My Father Nov. 7, 2008		Scott Owens
On the Death of a Colleague Oct. 11, 2005 Jun. 24, 2013		Stephen Dunn
On the Eve of My Mother's Surgery Feb. 19, 2006		David Graham
On the Existence of the Soul Sep. 1, 1999		Pattiann Rogers
On the Grasshopper and Cricket Oct. 28, 1998 Nov. 18, 1999 Jun. 28, 1994		John Keats
On the Iron Range, Where I Tossed My First Book of Poems Jan. 2, 2011		David Salner
On the Phone Apr. 8, 2010		Michael Milburn
On the Pontoon Jul. 23, 2004		William Reichard
On the Road to Buddhahood Dec. 20, 1999		David Budbill
On the Road, between Toledo & Cincinnati, Late June Jun. 28, 2012		Sebastian Matthews
On the Sale of My Farm Mar. 25, 2014		Robert Frost
On the Slow Train Passing Through Feb. 26, 2003		Ruth Stone
On the Strength of All Conviction and the Stamina of Love Mar. 15, 2002		Jennifer Michael Hecht
On the Subway Station Dec. 7, 2006		Grace Paley
On the Vanities of Earthly Greatness Sep. 12, 1993		Arthur Guiterman
On the Way to the Farm I Think of My Sister May. 16, 2010		Joyce Sutphen
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