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To Autumn

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 211

By William Blake

Island Body

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 298

By Richard Blanco

Cityscape

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 217

By Eavan Boland

How We Were Transfigured

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 218

By Eavan Boland

That the Science of Cartography Is Limited

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 219

By Eavan Boland

Contemplations

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 150

By Anne Bradstreet

The Author to Her Book

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 119

By Anne Bradstreet

The Flesh and the Spirit

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 185

By Anne Bradstreet

It’s a Long Way

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 222

By William Stanley Braithwaite

Sic Vita

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 223

By William Stanley Braithwaite

Turn Me to My Yellow Leaves

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 224

By William Stanley Braithwaite

If You Knew

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 220

By Ruth Muskrat Bronson

Sonnets from the Cherokee (I)

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 221

By Ruth Muskrat Bronson

First fight. Then fiddle.

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 299

By Gwendolyn Brooks

The Bean Eaters

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 300

By Gwendolyn Brooks

the rites for Cousin Vit

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 301

By Gwendolyn Brooks

The Second Sermon on the Warpland

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 302

By Gwendolyn Brooks

Bullet Points

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 89

By Jericho Brown

Crossing

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 99

By Jericho Brown

Duplex (A poem is a gesture toward home)

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 109

By Jericho Brown

Stake

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 119

By Jericho Brown

The Tradition

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 170

By Jericho Brown

Advice from the Lights

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 129

By Stephanie Burt

First Astronomy Globe

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 139

By Stephanie Burt

Wildflower Meadow, Medawisla

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 149

By Stephanie Burt

Here we are, aging together, just like we said we would

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 222

By Kayleb Rae Candrilli

One Geography of Belonging

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 223

By Kayleb Rae Candrilli

Water we won't touch

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 224

By Kayleb Rae Candrilli

We remain foolishly hopeful (or, obituary for the top soil)

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 225

By Kayleb Rae Candrilli

Orphan Song

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 284

By Kayo Chingonyi

Some Bright Elegance

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 287

By Kayo Chingonyi

The Blackbird of Derrycairn

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 288

By Austin Clarke

The Lost Heifer

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 289

By Austin Clarke

The Planter's Daughter

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 290

By Austin Clarke

Quest

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 226

By Carrie Williams Clifford

Silent Protest Parade

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 227

By Carrie Williams Clifford

Tomorrow

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 228

By Carrie Williams Clifford

Weeds

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 229

By Carrie Williams Clifford

birth-day

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 291

By Lucille Clifton

blessing the boats

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 292

By Lucille Clifton

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