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J. P. White

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Poems by J. P. White
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    The Arctic Balloonists Talk to the Ones They Left Behind

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    Beautiful Vacancy

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    Degas

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  • poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:

    The Arctic Balloonists Talk to the Ones They Left Behind

  • poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:

    Beautiful Vacancy

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    Degas

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    In a Rowboat on a Lake in Minnesota

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    In Ecclesiastes I Read

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    Living among Women

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    Minnesota Ice Train

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    On the Return of Halley's Comet

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    One Morning Another Good Man Is Gone

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    Playing for the Pickerel One August Night

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    The Son of a Sailor

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    Southern Comfort

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    Su Tung P'o Awakens in Moonlight to Write a Letter to His Wife

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    Thanksgiving Night, Old Town, Portland, Oregon

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    Thinking about the Enemy

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    To Confucius

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    Vermont Gray, a Train, a Boat

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    Walking Pound's Canals

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    Walking to the Theater, I Tell You a Story about a Runaway

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    We Who Set out for the New World

  • poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:

    Why I Can't Live in Cheyenne, Anymore

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