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Sonnets from the Cherokee (I)


By Ruth Muskrat Bronson

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A Portable Paradise


By Roger Robinson

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In Grey Days


By E. Pauline Johnson

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Autumn: A Dirge


By Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Accents


By Nithy Kasa

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To Autumn


By William Blake

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Sonnet Which Is Not a Sonnet


By Annie Fan

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


By Kayleb Rae Candrilli

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Angling

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PoetryFest at Irish Arts Center

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Fall update: 70 poems by 37 poets

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Muldoon's Picnic at Irish Arts Center

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Films at Bloomsday Film Festival 2022

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Poems of Ukraine: a collection

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