A weekly poem, read by the author.

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• "Of Country I Know" for David Ferry
  Harry Thomas Dec. 26, 2006
  
• "Old Newspaper Clipping in an Old Novel" 
  Michael McFee Dec. 19, 2006
  
• "At the Window" 
  Linda Gregerson Dec. 12, 2006
  
• "Update" 
  Cody Walker Dec. 5, 2006
  
• "At the Optometrist's Office" 
  John Hodgen Nov. 28, 2006
  
• "Marking the Lambs" 
  Kimberly Johnson Nov. 21, 2006
  
• "My Almost-Daughter, My Nearly-Was Son" 
  Chris Forhan Nov. 14, 2006
  
• "Twins" 
  Debra Nystrom Nov. 7, 2006
  
• "A Moment Ago" 
  Philip White Oct. 31, 2006
  
• " 'There's just one little thing: a ring. I don't mean on the phone.' "—Eartha Kitt 
  Kathy Fagan Oct. 24, 2006
  
• "April 26, 2006" 
  Barry Goldensohn Oct. 17, 2006
  
• "Poem Ending With Three Lines From 'Home on the Range' " 
  Frank Bidart Oct. 10, 2006
  
• "Space Needle" for Stephen
  Kristin Fogdall Oct. 3, 2006
  
• "Fourteen Final Lines" 
  J. Allyn Rosser Sept. 26, 2006
  
• "Remember, Baby?" 
  Gregory Di Prinzio Sept. 19, 2006
  
• "Ode" 
  Maureen N. McLane Sept. 12, 2006
  
• "Banish Misfortune" (title of a traditional Irish jig)
  Ralph Sneeden Sept. 5, 2006
  
• "Self-Portrait in 1969 (Summer)" 
  David Roderick Aug. 29, 2006
  
• "December 12, 1884: George Cooke" Laramie, Wyoming
  Jill McDonough Aug. 22, 2006
  
• "Removed at the Moment of Perfection" 
  Timothy Liu Aug. 15, 2006
  
• "Contraband"                                                    
  Bruce Smith Aug. 8, 2006
  
• "Abanico Habanero" para mi madre                                                         
  Peg Boyers Aug. 1, 2006
  
• "Mother's Maiden Name" 
  Martha Greenwald July 25, 2006
  
• "Vinyl-Sided Epiphany" 
  Erika Meitner July 18, 2006
  
• "The One Truth" 
  Philip Schultz July 11, 2006
  
• "Over Drinks" 
  Stanley Moss July 4, 2006
  
• "July (From Humidity Diary)" 
  Steven Cramer June 27, 2006
  
• "The Incumbent" 
  Eric McHenry June 20, 2006
  
• "Loss Loved Me" 
  Kathryn Maris June 13, 2006
  
• "I Realized I Was Happy and It Scared Me" 
  Rich Ives June 6, 2006
  
• "The Dead Are Not" 
  Patricia Traxler May 30, 2006
  
• "Drake's Psalmistry" 
  Jim Powell May 23, 2006
  
• "Three Shards" 
  John Skoyles May 16, 2006
  
• "What Is Man That Thou Art Mindful of Him" 
  Todd Hearon May 9, 2006
  
• "House" 
  Don Bogen May 2, 2006
  
• "While You Were Out of Town" 
  Robert Wrigley April 25, 2006
  
• "Eating the Peach" 
  Henri Cole April 18, 2006
  
• "Grandparents" 
  Paul Breslin April 11, 2006
  
• "The Unfortunates" 
  Cate Marvin April 4, 2006
  
• "The Man I Killed" 
  David Thorburn March 28, 2006
  
• "Lot's Wife" 
  Katha Pollitt March 14, 2006
  
• "The Worker" 
  Sharon Olds March 7, 2006
  
• "Ode to Hangover" 
  Dean Young Feb. 28, 2006
  
• "Night Run" 
  Lynn Emanuel Feb. 21, 2006
  
• "Descent" after Apollinaire
  Meghan O'Rourke Feb. 14, 2006
  
• "Crater Lake" 
  Louise Glück Feb. 7, 2006
  
• "No Flights Until Morning" 
  David Tucker Jan. 31, 2006
  
• "Two for the Montrose Drive-In" 
  Rita Dove Jan. 24, 2006
  
• "Two Million Feet of Vinyl" 
  Jim Powell Jan. 17, 2006
  
• "Him" 
  Steven Henry Madoff Jan. 10, 2006
  
• "Indwelling" 
  Teresa Cader Jan. 3, 2006