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One Art

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 275

By Elizabeth Bishop

Read by John Murillo

Wellspring: Words from Water

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 272

By Kimberly M. Blaeser

Auguries of Innocence

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 100

By William Blake

The Sick Rose

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 107

By William Blake

The Lost Art of Letter Writing

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 277

By Eavan Boland

Read by Jade Jordan

Water Birth

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 261

By Rachel Bower

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

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

Black Girl Magic

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 140

By Mahogany L. Browne

If 2017 was a poem title

Adrian Brinkerhoff Peter Halstead 16

By Mahogany L. Browne

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

Names

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 151

By Mary Jean Chan

Read by Sofia Oxenham

Kumukanda

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 163

By Kayo Chingonyi

Read by Paapa Essiedu

Orphan Song

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 284

By Kayo Chingonyi

Some Bright Elegance

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 287

By Kayo Chingonyi

Cherishing for Beginners

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 285

By Sarah Clancy

The Blackbird of Derrycairn

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 288

By Austin Clarke

The Echo at Coole

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 265

By Austin Clarke

Read by Tommy Tiernan

The Lost Heifer

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 289

By Austin Clarke

The Planter's Daughter

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 290

By Austin Clarke

birth-day

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 291

By Lucille Clifton

blessing the boats

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 292

By Lucille Clifton

study the masters

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 211

By Lucille Clifton

the river between us

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 293

By Lucille Clifton

won't you celebrate with me

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 213

By Lucille Clifton

Kubla Khan

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 107

By Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 120

By Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Some Rules

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 114

By Wendy Cope

Read by Catherine Dryden

Postlude for Four Hands at the Great Organ

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 159

By Maryann Corbett

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