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75 215 Morgan Parker -- Contemporary Poet
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Poetry

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71 304 Hi, I'm also from California
by jeannerené
Aug 1, 2014 21:08:44 GMT -8
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78 469 'Divided People'
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Apr 17, 2019 9:59:44 GMT -8
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557 3,457 The Year 8
by jeannerené
Apr 27, 2019 8:27:55 GMT -8
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120 537 Every Bomb You Make
by nrt
Aug 17, 2019 1:34:36 GMT -8
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119 673 Procella (Tempest)
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Jun 8, 2019 3:40:04 GMT -8
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157 813 Unknown Love
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114 615 What's so bad about Emo poetry?
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Apr 21, 2019 9:28:28 GMT -8
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56 272 Notes on husbands who don't plumb ...
by jeannerené
Apr 19, 2019 9:44:15 GMT -8
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22 51 Transistor Lines
by nrt
Mar 28, 2014 6:35:02 GMT -8

Classical Poetry

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106 447 Never ending haiku challenge
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Apr 6, 2019 0:33:44 GMT -8
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48 164 Untitled Italian Sonnet ......
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May 28, 2014 21:52:05 GMT -8
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61 117 DH Lawrence
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May 18, 2019 3:11:23 GMT -8

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58 382 Ten Words Poem Game
by heeeeey
Aug 5, 2014 19:59:37 GMT -8
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Apr 18, 2019 20:40:50 GMT -8

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130 955 Saviour
by nrt
Jul 13, 2014 4:33:51 GMT -8
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6 207 Make me wanna read more! - Round 4
by nrt
May 13, 2014 20:10:07 GMT -8
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22 56 Kiki Smith
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Apr 11, 2014 10:04:48 GMT -8

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13 17 Publishing Your Book Poets and Writers ... info
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13 52 Where can you find 1% of Americans?
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Aug 11, 2014 11:54:49 GMT -8

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57 87 Lost in Translation (maybe)
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Aug 11, 2014 11:58:18 GMT -8

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21 178 Silly things that makes me smile
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May 1, 2014 7:59:50 GMT -8
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