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is the author of five books of poetry, most recently Exceptions and Melancholies: Poems 1986 – 2006 (2007 PEN USA Poetry Award), as well as a

is a Vermont College professor of liberal studies, has two books of poetry, Forms of Praise, published by Ohio State University Press, and The

by Wayne Atherton He sailed upon his raft of words into the mystery of himself and lived by them

by Roger Dutton his silver hair thrown by the wind in his whistle, an ambassador of poetry & good will &

by Molly McGrath A great blue heron flies out between earth and sky. Slow, deep wing beats send him down river to me. He arrived before us And

by Martin Steingesser Hardly a breeze of air. The small birds fall silent in the trees. Simply wait: soon

by Ralph Angel All night long the moon is wandering behind the clouds and upon the water. All night the flickering in shop windows across an

by Thomas D. Absher Before paper, medieval writers wrote on animal skins: cattle, sheep, and goats for parchment; vellum from calves, prized for

by Thomas D. Absher Do not make the mistake of studying alchemy before you have studied the one feather left in your yard by a raven, maybe left

by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc Seventy –six, two new hips, skates that look pulled off a museum shelf. He plays with guys half his age, plus a few a

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