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The Excrement Poem

The Excrement Poem

by Maxine Kumin

A Happy Childhood

William Matthews

A Happy Childhood

by William Matthews

“Any fool can get into an ocean . . .”

“Any fool can get into an ocean . . .”

by Jack Spicer

Blue Morning Glory

Blue Morning Glory

by Anne Pitkin

Blossom

by Dorianne Laux

Lucille Clifton

birth-day

by Lucille Clifton

For My Lover, Returning To His Wife

For My Lover, Returning To His Wife

by Anne Sexton

When Death Comes

When Death Comes

by Mary Oliver

Today

by Billy Collins

I Have Been a Stranger in a Strange Land

I Have Been a Stranger in a Strange Land

by Rita Dove

For a Birthday

by Thomas Gunn

Against Certainty

Jane Hirshfield

Against Certainty

by Jane Hirshfield

Solstice

by Tess Taylor

Poem for my sons

Poem for my sons

by Minnie Bruce Pratt

Balance

by Dorianne Laux

The Summer Day

by Mary Oliver

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Spring

by Edna St. Vincent Millay

The fingers, writing

The fingers, writing

by Linda Hogan

Instructions on Not Giving Up

Instructions on Not Giving Up

by Ada Limon

Aerial View

by Jericho Brown

A Prayer That Will Be Answered

A Prayer That Will Be Answered

by Anna Kamienska

Denise Levertov

Eye Mask

by Denise Levertov

Evening

by Charles Simic

Start close in

by David Whyte

Lost in the Milky Way

Lost in the Milky Way

by Linda Hogan

Ursula K. Le Guin

Soul Food

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Field Bling

by Ada Limon

further note to clark

Lucille Clifton

further note to clark

by Lucille Clifton

Lucille Clifton

it was a dream

by Lucille Clifton

Casualty

by Seamus Heaney

Forgetfulness

by Billy Collins

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

These Hot Days

by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

Sky

by Maggie Smith

blessing the boats

Lucille Clifton

blessing the boats

by Lucille Clifton

Oh, the longing

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

Oh, the longing

by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

even so

by Alice Walker

Pink Moon – The Pond

Pink Moon – The Pond

by Mary Oliver

"S M"

by Alice Walker

The Job

by Dorianne Laux

11. The Uses of Not

Ursula K. Le Guin

11. The Uses of Not

by Ursula K. Le Guin

I Live My Life

by Rainer Maria Rilke

may my heart always be open to

may my heart always be open to

by e.e. cummings

Wislawa Szymborska

Teenager

by Wislawa Symborska

Keeping Quiet

by Pablo Neruda

The Waking

by Theodore Roethke

Desire

by Alice Walker

The Woman Who Could Not Live With Her Faulty Heart

Margaret Atwood

The Woman Who Could Not Live With Her Faulty Heart

by Margaret Atwood

Jane Stembridge

Loving

by Jane Stembridge

If You Knew

by Ellen Bass

Black Oaks

by Mary Oliver