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In Summer


By Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Revision


By Maya Phillips

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Low Tide at St. Andrews


By E. Pauline Johnson

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Not Waving but Drowning


By Stevie Smith

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A Shaded Spot


By Egbert Martin

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why you cannot touch my hair


By Eve L. Ewing

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The Mower Against Gardens


By Andrew Marvell

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Rain Light


By W. S. Merwin

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Birth-day

By Lucille Clifton

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Ars Poetica

By Archibald MacLeish

Read by Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi

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Programs & recordings

Ghosts from the Recent Past: Poem Films

A collaboration with IMMA and Poetry Ireland, 7/20–9/26

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News

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August update: 60 poems by 23 poets

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Daydreams poetry installation at Tippet Rise

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April text archive update: 54 new poems

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Brinkerhoff Poetry films at St. Patrick's Festival 2021

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January text archive update: poems from 28 poets

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