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Odilon Redon, Beatrice, 1897. Courtesy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam..

The Burning Heart

Louise Glück
January 1, 1999
Derrick Tyson / Creative Commons

Half February

Charles Wright
October 1, 1997

Blood Orange

Charles Simic
October 1, 1996
Graphic with pudding. Illustration by Laura Padilla Castellanos

Cantilever

John Ashbery
October 1, 1995
Graphic with dishwasher and birdhouses. Illustration by Laura Padilla Castellanos

I, Too

John Ashbery
October 1, 1995
Charles Bridge in Prague covered in mist. Adapted from R. Boed / Creative Commons.

Rhapsody on Czech Themes

James Merrill
October 1, 1995
Young James Merrill with his pet terrier at "The Orchard" in 1930.

Cosmo

James Merrill
April 1, 1994

The Supreme Moment

Charles Simic
July 1, 1993
Kate Ter Haar / Creative Commons

Humpty Dumpty

W. H. Auden
January 1, 1993

Endings

Mona Van Duyn
April 1, 1992