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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

Kissing Distance

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 249

By Anthony Vahni Capildeo

Names

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 151

By Mary Jean Chan

Read by Sofia Oxenham

Blues for Albert ‘Prodigy’ Johnson & Carl ‘Haystee’ Samuel

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 221

By Kayo Chingonyi

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

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

study the masters

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 211

By Lucille Clifton

the river between us

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 293

By Lucille Clifton

turning

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 209

By Lucille Clifton

Read by Cornelius Eady

won't you celebrate with me

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 213

By Lucille Clifton

Frost at Midnight

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 230

By Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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

State Fair Fireworks, Labor Day

Adrian Brinkerhoff Peter Halstead 44

By Maryann Corbett

Questions for My Body

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 231

By Eduardo C. Corral

Saguaro

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 232

By Eduardo C. Corral

Song of the Open Road

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 234

By Eduardo C. Corral

Heritage

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 267

By Countee Cullen

I Have a Rendezvous with Life

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 103

By Countee Cullen

To the Swimmer

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 98

By Countee Cullen

Yet Do I Marvel

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 226

By Countee Cullen

Cities

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 35

By H.D.

Hermes of the Ways

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 183

By H.D.

Sheltered Garden

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 124

By H.D.

The Shrine

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 186

By H.D.

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