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text of Elizabeth Willis's "Survey"

text of Elizabeth Willis’s “Survey”

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Willis performs "Survey"

Willis performs “Survey”

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discussion of Willis's "Survey"

discussion of Willis’s “Survey”

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video: primary poem discussion
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text of 7 poems by Lisa Fishman from "Mad World, Mad Kings, Mad Composition"

text of 7 poems by Lisa Fishman from “Mad World, Mad Kings, Mad Composition”

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text of Lisa Fishman's "Compost—decay"

text of Lisa Fishman’s “Compost—decay”

From “Mad World, Mad Kings, Mad Composition”

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discussion of Fishman's "Compost—decay"

discussion of Fishman’s “Compost—decay”

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video: primary poem discussion
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Teach This Poem: "Approach of Winter" by William Carlos Williams

Teach This Poem: “Approach of Winter” by William Carlos Williams

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text of Frost's "The Oven Bird"

text of Frost’s “The Oven Bird”

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discussion of Frost's "The Oven Bird"

discussion of Frost’s “The Oven Bird”

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video: primary poem discussion
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text of Waldman's "Rite"

text of Waldman’s “Rite”

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discussion of Waldman's "Rite"

discussion of Waldman’s “Rite”

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text of weiss's "Poem"

text of weiss’s “Poem”

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discussion of weiss's "Poem"

discussion of weiss’s “Poem”

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video: primary poem discussion
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text of Kyger's "When I used to focus on the worries, everybody"

text of Kyger’s “When I used to focus on the worries, everybody”

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community discussion of Kyger's "When I used to focus on the worries, everybody"

community discussion of Kyger’s “When I used to focus on the worries, everybody”

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video: CCCR
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community discussion of Kyger's "When I used to focus on the worries, everybody" (abridged)

community discussion of Kyger’s “When I used to focus on the worries, everybody” (abridged)

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video: CCCR
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text of Kyger's "September"

text of Kyger’s “September”

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community discussion of Kyger's "September"

community discussion of Kyger’s “September”

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video: CCCR
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discussion of Gary Snyder's translation of Kenji Miyazawa's "Cloud Semaphore"

discussion of Gary Snyder’s translation of Kenji Miyazawa’s “Cloud Semaphore”

Hosted by poet/translator/scientist Yosuke Tanaka in May 2026. Here is a link to an audio-only recording. Here is a photograph of the group.

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video: primary poem discussion
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text of three poems from McClure's "Ghost Tantras"

text of three poems from McClure’s “Ghost Tantras”

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text: poem or poems