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The Beet's Poem by Katharyn Machan Aal
Office Hours by Katharyn Machan Aal
Quail by Katharyn Machan Aal
A Plaguey Thing by Vonna Adrian
The Rake's Progress by Vonna Adrian
Seedam by Lily D. Angle
The Conscience by Richard Armour
Hiding Place by Richard Armour
Money by Richard Armour
Sequence by Richard Armour
To Have And Too Old by Richard Armour
Patient by Keith Baker
Helendale by Dick Barnes
As I Was Dying At The Steak House by Scott Bates
Bird Notes On A Beautifiul But Noisy April Morning by Scott Bates
Fable Of The Curious Crow And The Devious Weevil by Scott Bates
Fable Of The Terrorist Mouse by Scott Bates
Guide To Paris: Eiffel Tower, Versailles by Scott Bates
Zebras by Terry P. Beh
Against Waking Early by Bruce Bennett
A Cow's Life by Bruce Bennett
The Dangerous Cliffs by Bruce Bennett
Epitaph For The Lemon Lady by Bruce Bennett
Garza by Bruce Bennett
The Passionate Businessman To His Love by Bruce Bennett
The Poet Redgrove by Bruce Bennett
The Stones Of Florence by Bruce Bennett
Bitter Grapes by Bruce Berger
Msg by Bruce Berger
One-up by Bruce Berger
Domestic Birds by Robert Wade Bess
Hernando Desoto by Margaret Blaker
Gutes And Eulas by Roy, Jr. Blount
On Instant Lives by Roy, Jr. Blount
Hole by Imogene Bolls
Advice Against Thumbers by Harold Bond
Amadeus by Loverne Wilson Brown
His Toys by Michael Dennis Browne
A Lust For The Quaint Old Ways by John J. Brugaletta
In A Station Of The Irt by Francis Floyd Burch
Waiting For The Detective by Michael Cadnum
From An Athlete Living Old by James Camp
A Note Toward A Definition Of Culture by James Camp
The Race by James Camp
The Rose And The Worm by James Camp
Sponge by Maureen Cannon
Syntax by Robert Canzoneri
Oh, Now I See by Keith Casto
She Don't Bop by Keith Casto
The Family In The Suburbs: A Situation Comedy by David Citino
Literary River Rhyme by William Cole
Marriage Couplet by William Cole
Ribald River Rhyme by William Cole
What A Friend We Have In Cheeses! by William Cole
Nuthatch by Edward Coletti
Cross Words by Edmund Conti
Emphasis Mine by Edmund Conti
Haiku by Edmund Conti
My Son, The Tuba Player by Edmund Conti
On First Looking Into Chapman's Refrigerator by Edmund Conti
The New Regime by Wendy Cope
I Hypnotize Bugs by Eugene A. Craig
After Dinner by David Cram
Alphabet Soup by David Cram
The Editor Regrets by David Cram
Limericks by David Cram
Tunnel Vision by David Cram
Field Guide To North American Birds by Barbara Crooker
At The Poetry Reading: 'this Is A Poem About That' by Jim Daniels
Elegy For Mr. Ed, The Talking Horse by Jim Daniels
I-35, South Of Waco by William Virgil Davis
To His Importunate Mistress by Peter De Vries
E=mcround by Ann Deagon
Piece De Resistance by Ann Deagon
I Love Every Hair On Your Head by Alma Denny
Oh, Dem Olden Slippers! by Alma Denny
School Cheer (progressive Style) by Alma Denny
Tuesday by Alma Denny
We And The Weekend by Alma Denny
Poem Found While I Looked For Something Else by Joseph Deroller
At A Concert by Robert Preston Dickey
Materialism by Robert Preston Dickey
On A Compliment by Robert Preston Dickey
Walking Naked Around The House by Robert Preston Dickey
Riddle With Guesses by Thomas M. Disch
Short-term Memory Loss by Thomas M. Disch
No Muse Is Good Muse by Rochelle Distelheim
Old Women Are Taking Over The World by Jay Dougherty
A Reply by Jay Dougherty
Unpleasant Surprise by Jay Dougherty
Near-miss Eddy by Elizabeth Eddy
Financial Note by John D., Jr. Engle
Horrorscope by John D., Jr. Engle
Mower And Mower by John D., Jr. Engle
Smoker's Epitaph by John D., Jr. Engle
The Achievements Of Herrings by Gavin Ewart
Cocks And Crows by Gavin Ewart
Home, Sweet Home! by Gavin Ewart
Knopf And Dutton by Gavin Ewart
The Living Masters by Gavin Ewart
The Madness Of A Headmistress by Gavin Ewart
Mrs. Whitehouse's View Of Sexual Intercourse by Gavin Ewart
Scott Joplin by Gavin Ewart
Shakepeare Sonnets Converted Into Couplets by Gavin Ewart
A Bride Of The 80's, Down The Aisle by Blanche F. Farley
Eating Out by Gene Fehler
I'm A Texan Now by Gene Fehler
The Beer And The Bear by Robert N. Feinstein
The Court Rests by Robert N. Feinstein
The Fair Fowl by Robert N. Feinstein
Older Is Safer by Robert N. Feinstein
The Tv Chef by Robert N. Feinstein
(sic)transcript Gloria, Or The Body Politician by Irving Feldman
Business Luncheon by Joel Ferree
The Boy Who Killed His Mother by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Queen Anne's Legs by Jane Flanders
Light And Shadow by Robert Francis
The Pumpkin Man by Robert Francis
Where To Spend The Winter by Robert Francis
Discount Store by Gregory N. Gabbard
'fool!' Said My Muse To Me by Gregory N. Gabbard
King Alfred Explains It by Gregory N. Gabbard
To A Fringed Genital by Gregory N. Gabbard
Witches' Sabbatical by Gregory N. Gabbard
Aries Sideshow by Charles Ghigna
Better Refrain by Marian Gleason
Two Women by Barbara Goldberg
Geek by David H. Green
Beware The Tides Of March by Charles L. Grove
Maybe Dats Your Pwoblem Too by Jim Hall
Preposterous by Jim Hall
My Lawn Is Brown And All My Neighbors Are Painting by Tom Hansen
The Laxness Monster; Or, I Be Singer ... by William Harmon
Pregnant Thought by Merry Harris
Tallyho The Fox by Louis Hasley
Follow Your Heart To The Land Of Enchantment by Tom Hawkins
Portrait by Dick Hayman
Little Birds Swooping by Mary Ann Henn
A History Of Golf - Sort Of by Thomas L. Hirsch
Blue Poem by Hubert Edgar Hix
Sons Of The Right Hand by Benjamin Hochman
Who, Me? by Hallie Hodgson
An Apothegm by Daniel Gerard Hoffman
A Hex For My Neighbor's Green Thumb by Glenna Preston Holloway
Silk Pyjamas by Michael Holstein
Boobiat by Paul Humphrey
Hat Trick by Paul Humphrey
Darlene Friendship's Boyfriend by Ron Ikan
At The Briefing For Creation Day by Mary Jean Irion
Besides by Mark Irwin
E.c. Bentley by David Jacobs
My Luck by Bonnie Jacobson
Things As They Are by Bonnie Jacobson
Upwardly Mobile Bean Curd by Bonnie Jacobson
What Did The Midge Say To The Mildew? by Bonnie Jacobson
'when Windham Lewis' by Bonnie Jacobson
Well Bed by Lola Strong Janes
Helium: An Inert Gas by Judson Jerome
Some Italian! by Linda Monacelli Johnson
Gas Man by Pyke, Jr. Johnson
Man Who Loved A Giraffe by Pyke, Jr. Johnson
Southern Gothic by Rodger Lee Kamenetz
A French Writer Named Sartre by Weldon Kees
Mitzi by Weldon Kees
A 4th Stanza For Dr. Johnson, Donald Hall by X. J. Kennedy
The Cost Of A Sting by X. J. Kennedy
Domestic Crisis by X. J. Kennedy
English Rats by X. J. Kennedy
A Switched Career by X. J. Kennedy
Tending A Cookout In Pouring Rain by X. J. Kennedy
The Breasts Of Women by David Kirby
The Death Of The Reference Librarian by David Kirby
Apathy by Blossom S. Kirschenbaum
Imitation Is The Sincerest Flattery, But by Blossom S. Kirschenbaum
The Friends Of The Friends by Caroline Knox
Religion Poem by Caroline Knox
Xerxes And Xanthippe by Caroline Knox
A Short Epic Poem In The English Language ... by James S. Koch
A Short Poem by James S. Koch
Dairy Cows by Ronald Boyd Koertge
'these Students Couldn't Write Their Way ...' by Ronald Boyd Koertge
Ego At The Wheel by Ernest Kroll
Las Vegas by Ernest Kroll
Pejorative by Ernest Kroll
The Vaunting Song Of Louis L'amour by Ernest Kroll
P$$$$$t by Felicia Lamport
Pisa Visa by Felicia Lamport
The Care And Feeding Of A Poet by James Laughlin
Job's Turkey: A Commentary by Carl Judson Launius
Paolo's Version by Carl Judson Launius
I Wish I Were Living In Your Century by Arnold Leslie Lazarus
Memo To My Music Dealer by Arnold Leslie Lazarus
Wystan Hugh Auden: A Villanelle by David Lehman
Epitaph by Lois Leurgans
Edward Lear Finds Paradise (and Loses It) by J. Patrick Lewis
Old Foss (the Cat) Recalls His Life With Mr. Lear by J. Patrick Lewis
The Queen Takes Drawing Lessons From King Lear by J. Patrick Lewis
The Errand Boy's Day Off by Kurt Lipschutz
Beverly Carneiro by Robert Hill Long
The Official Frisbee-chasing Champion Of Colorado by Robert Hill Long
Mrs. Wilson, Who Never Loved by Virginia Long
Instead by David Eric Lunde
Bovine Town by Mildred Luton
Coup De Grace by Mildred Luton
Jennifer Blass by Mildred Luton
Loosestrife by Elaine Magarrell
Elegies In A City Churchyard by Gloria A. Maxson
Worshiper by Gloria A. Maxson
Mssrs. Mice And Co. by Mary J. Mcarthur
Hand by Mark Mccloskey
Little Elegy by Michael Alan Mcfee
E Pluribus Ovum by Bob Mckenty
The Lamb by Bob Mckenty
The Zebra by Bob Mckenty
Big Bang by Jay Meek
The Chipmunk Center by Peter Meinke
The Examiner's Death by Peter Meinke
Bingoholic by Shirley Vogler Meister
Subway Seasoning by Eve Merriam
Affluence by Richard Moore
The New Courtship by Richard Moore
Sailing, Sailing by Lillian Morrison
Four Letter Words by Stella Moss
Armed Conflict by Pier Munn
Home Owner's Lament by Pier Munn
The Big Bang by Howard Nemerov
Night Operations, Coastal Command Raf by Howard Nemerov
Po Biz by Howard Nemerov
The Poetry Exchange, Two Conversations: 1 by Howard Nemerov
True Love by Wade Newman
The Consolations Of Etymology, With Fanfare by John Frederick Nims
In Praise Of Sobriety by John Frederick Nims
On The Rhyming Of Four-line Verses by J. F. O'connor
Duke by Ed Ochester
The Latin American Solidarity Committee Fundraising ... by Ed Ochester
My Rumi-nation by Julia Older
The Encyclopedist's Conundrum by Kirby Olson
Insects Blind To History by Kirby Olson
What's In A Name by Edward Carl Orr
Grace by Al Ortolani
Jessa's Late Assignment by Al Ortolani
Drawbacks by Emily Otis
(914) 555-4144. by Ned Pastor
Curriculum Change by Ned Pastor
Dial-a-shrink by Ned Pastor
Have You? I Have Never! by Ned Pastor
Lucky Dilemma by Ned Pastor
Two Hoorays For Holidays by Ned Pastor
What's All This Fuss About Tax Reform? by Ned Pastor
Yuppies Vs. Nopies by Ned Pastor
A Grumpy Old Owl At The Zoo by Laurence Perrine
On A Deceased Office-seeker by Laurence Perrine
On A Late Schoolboy by Laurence Perrine
On A Reformed Sinner by Laurence Perrine
Q.e.d. by Laurence Perrine
Eskimo Haiku by Robert Peters
Everybody In America Is At The Movies by Louis Phillips
Heartbreak In Tuktoyaktuk by Louis Phillips
Love-deep In Crossword Puzzles by Louis Phillips
Why Comtemporary American Poets Rarely Write by Louis Phillips
An Aged Rector Named Fiddle by Robert Schaeffer Phillips
Arles, 7 P.m. by Marge Piercy
Social Zoology: Prep For A Field Trip by Gary Pittenger
Triolet, After Titian by Sylvester Pollet
Another Fable In Two Languages by Charles W. Pratt
Porcupine Sonnet by Charles W. Pratt
Postcard From Civilization by Charles W. Pratt
Pompous by Paul Ramsey
Ennui by David Ray
Clocks And Locks by Mark David Rich
Not What We Had In Mind by May Richstone
A Bit Of Enlightenment by Tom Riley
Margaret Sanger by Tom Riley
The Primitive Astronomer by Tom Riley
Challenges by Elisavietta Ritchie
Elegy For The Other Woman by Elisavietta Ritchie
Attic Dance by Joan Drew Ritchings
Reading Outdoors by Joan Drew Ritchings
At Seventy by Francis Coleman Rosenberger
A Slender Book Of Verse And It's Purchaser by Francis Coleman Rosenberger
Haiku by Alexis Rotella
The Day Willis Harder Didn't Kill His Beagle by Hilary Russell
Earlene Spratt's Lot by Hilary Russell
Great Plains Lit by Mark Sanders
The Red-handled Hatchet by Mark Sanders
The Turtle by Mark Sanders
Self Employment by Lowell E. Sargeant
Quidiron Pro Quo by Paul Sawyer
Sharper Than A Serpent's Tooth by Paul Sawyer
Deight In Order, Too by Gary Selden
Red Raspberries by Gary Selden
Wine Coolers by Bern Sharfman
To The Extent That I Haven't A Cat by June Siegel
Clerihew Couples by Roberta Simone
A Literary History Of Cheese by Roberta Simone
Food Director's Testimony by Nancy Carolyn Simpson
Bailey by Knute (rumsey) Skinner
The Girl Next Door by Knute (rumsey) Skinner
The Obligation by Knute (rumsey) Skinner
A Social Engagement by Knute (rumsey) Skinner
Olecranon by Ernest Slyman
Honeymoon In Rice by Francis J. Smith
Molly Gaunt by H. Wendell Smith
Invitation by James Steel Smith
Knitting-sitting Song by James Steel Smith
Walter Savage Landor by James Steel Smith
Me Wants A Minks by E. W. Sneed
Coroner's Inquest by William Dewitt Snodgrass
Credo by William Dewitt Snodgrass
The Poet Ridiculed By Hysterical Academics by William Dewitt Snodgrass
W.d., Don't Fear That Animal by William Dewitt Snodgrass
Tuning The Trumpet by Noa Spears
Proofreader's Island by Michael Spence
Faux Pas by William Edgar Stafford
Duo For Voice & Percussion by E. O. Staley
Shirley Temple by Paul Curry Steele
Grounded by Alice P. Stein
Vita Longa, Cars Brevis by Mark Stocker
The Wonderful World by Robert D. Sutherland
Living Alone by D. Scott Taylor
The Ants