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Many Rivers

David St. John
September 1, 1984
A page from one of James Merrill's manuscripts

Days of 1941 and ‘44

James Merrill
July 1, 1984

The Middle of Summer

W. S. Merwin
July 1, 1982
Tatiana Gerus / Creative Commons

Mock Orange

Louise Glück
July 1, 1981

Tide Music

John Ashbery
January 1, 1981

Unusual Precautions

John Ashbery
January 1, 1981
A manatee swimming. Dennis Matheson / Creative Commons.

Developers at Crystal River

James Merrill
October 1, 1980
Ouija board. James Merrill Papers, Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

The Five Elemental Voices

James Merrill
June 1, 1978

Messages

Mary Oliver
April 1, 1978

Summer Solstice

Po Fei Huang
January 1, 1971