IN THIS ISSUE: November 2009

Poetry Magazine

Poems by James Schuyler; a portfolio of new work by 2009 Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellows Eric Ekstrand, Chloë Honum, Joseph Spece, Jeffrey Schultz, and Malachi Black; translations of Gottfried Benn by Michael Hofmann; “The Poet Takes a Walk” featuring Peter Cole, Kay Ryan, W.S. Di Piero, and others.

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There are 72 audio poems


On Wanting to Tell [ ] about a Girl Eating Fish Eyes
By Mary Szybist
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A Hundred Bolts of Satin
By Kay Ryan
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A Hundred Bolts of Satin
By Kay Ryan
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A Letter in October
By Ted Kooser
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A Sunset of the City
By Gwendolyn Brooks
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Acts of God
By Heather McHugh
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After Making Love We Hear Footsteps
By Galway Kinnell
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Atlas
By Kay Ryan
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Bees
By Jean Valentine
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Big Wind
By Theodore Roethke
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Blandeur
By Kay Ryan
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Blandeur
By Kay Ryan
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Carrying a Ladder
By Kay Ryan
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Child on top of a Greenhouse
By Theodore Roethke
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Cocktails with Orpheus
By Terrance Hayes
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Conversion Comedy
By Ange Mlinko
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Door in the Mountain
By Jean Valentine
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Elegy for Jane
By Theodore Roethke
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First Love
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Flamingo Watching
By Kay Ryan
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Flamingo Watching
By Kay Ryan
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Fork
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He Lit a Fire with Icicles
By Kay Ryan
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Heat by Jane Hirshfield
An audio Valentine.
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Home to Roost
By Kay Ryan
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How It Is
By Maxine Kumin
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I Am So Stupid
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I Know, I Remember, But How Can I Help You
By Hayden Carruth
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In the Basement of the Goodwill Store
By Ted Kooser
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Invitation to Love
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Late February
By Ted Kooser
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Light
by C.K. Williams
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Litany
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Little Map
By Jean Valentine
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Love Song
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Man in the Street
By Heather McHugh
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Miss Johnson Dances for the First Time
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Mosquito
By Rodney Jones
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Mumblety-peg
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My Shoes
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No Sex for Priests
By Heather McHugh
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Notes on Poverty
By Hayden Carruth
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Nurture
By Maxine Kumin
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of DeWitt Williams on his way to Lincoln Cemetery
By Gwendolyn Brooks
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Paired Things
By Kay Ryan
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Parkinson's Disease
By Galway Kinnell
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Permanent Press by Alice Friman
An audio Valentine
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Plaint in a Major Key
By Jorge Sánchez
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Poems of Peace and War Introduction: Philip Metres
Philip Metres's introduction to the Poems of Peace and War panel. Part of the Chicago Humanities Festival, 2006.

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Poems of Peace and War: Brian Turner
Brian Turner at the Poems of Peace and War panel. Part of the Chicago Humanities Festival, 2006.
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Poems of Peace and War: Dunya Mikhail
Dunya Mikhail at the Poems of Peace and War panel. Part of the Chicago Humanities Festival, 2006.
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Poems of Peace and War: Gary Snyder
Gary Snyder at the Poems of Peace and War panel. Part of the Chicago Humanities Festival, 2006.
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Poems of Peace and War: Yusef Komunyakaa
Yusef Komunyakaa at the Poems of Peace and War panel. Part of the Chicago Humanities Festival, 2006.
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Prodigy
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Saint Francis and the Sow
By Galway Kinnell
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Sampling
By Heather McHugh
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Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey
By Hayden Carruth
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Sitting with Others
By Rodney Jones
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Sonnets from the Portuguese 43: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways
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Sotto Voce
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Stolen Moments by Kim Addonizio
An audio Valentine
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The Gaffe
by C.K. Williams
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The Giant Slide
By Ted Kooser
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The Lovers of the Poor
By Gwendolyn Brooks
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the mother
By Gwendolyn Brooks
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The Pieces That Fall To Earth
By Kay Ryan
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The Revisionist Dream
By Maxine Kumin
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The River at Wolf
By Jean Valentine
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The Sloth
By Theodore Roethke
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To My Dear and Loving Husband
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Turtle
By Kay Ryan
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What Do Women Want
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