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Duplex (A poem is a gesture toward home)


By Jericho Brown

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The Weather-Cock Points South


By Amy Lowell

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A Gift


By Andrew McMillan

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El Beso


By Angelina Weld Grimké

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Drunktown


By Jake Skeets

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Manhattan is a Lenape Word


By Natalie Diaz

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Advice from the Lights


By Stephanie Burt

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Nocturne


By Gwendolyn Bennett

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Names

By Mary Jean Chan

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A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford

By Derek Mahon

Read by Brian Doherty

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Programs & recordings

Poetry Speaks: Poems and Moving Image

Presented with Poetry Ireland, 33 poem films at IMMA's Formal Gardens, 5/10–8/22.

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News

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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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Digital event 12/4: Songs at the Confluence: Indigenous Poets on Place

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October text archive update: Romantic poetry

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