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	Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio 						1822
	Having Lost My Sons, I Confront the Wreckage of the Moon: Christmas, 1960 	1823
	In Terror of Hospital Bills 							1823
	Two Postures Beside a Fire 							1824
	The Vestal in the Forum 							1825

ANNE SEXTON (1928-1974) 								1825
	Her Kind									1826
	The Farmer's Wife								1827
	The Truth the Dead Know								1827
	A1l My Pretty Ones								1828
	With Mercy for the Greedy							1829
	Letter Written on a Ferry While Crossing Long Island Sound			1830

ADRIENNE RICH (1929-     )								1832
	Aunt Jennifer's Tigers								1833
	Living in Sin									1833
	The Diamond Cutlers								1834
	Necessities of Life								1835
	The Trees									1836
	Face to Face									1837
	Diving into the Wreck								1837
	For the Dead									1839
	Upper Broadway									1840
	For the Record									1840

GARY SNYDER (1930-     )								1841
	The Late Snow & Lumber Strike of the Summer of Fifty-four			1842
	Riprap										1842
	this poem is for bear								1843
	Not Leaving the House								1844
	Axe Handles									1845

SYLVIA PLATH (1932-1963)								1846
	Morning Song									1847
	The Rival									1847
	The Applicant									1848
	Daddy										1848
	Lady Lazarus									1850
	Death & Co.									1852
	Mystic										1853

AMIRI BARAKA (1934-     )								1854
	In Memory of Radio								1855
	An Agony. As Now.								1856

DAVE SMITH ( 1942-     )								1857
	On a Field Trip at Fredericksburg						1858
	Cumberland Station								1859