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The Seasons of the Soul
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Collected Poems
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Come, Thief
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Strike Sparks
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And Still I Rise
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Almost Invisible
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Four Elements
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Why I Wake Early
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The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke
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Stranger Music
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Selected Poems
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Supplying Salt and Light
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Handwriting
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The Blue Hour of the Day
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Canadian Poetry 1920 to 1960
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Three Centuries of American Poetry
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Browning: Poems
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Word of Mouth
Catherine Bowman
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Poems After Midnight
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Patricia S. Klein
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