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Upon this toll-free bridge the right of way …

Elwood Daily

On the threshold of half a house in the Land of Israel …

Erez Bitton

My spirit is too weak—mortality …

John Keats

To be held …

Linda Hogan

JAMES KUGEL …

James Kugel

One day I too will be …

Leslie Ullman

I lived on top of the roof, staring at the Jehovah’s Witness …

Natasha Rao

From SUMMER RAIN …

Yves Bonnefoy

The glossary

From aubade to zuihitsu, 207 definitions of the forms, figures, and schools that shape the line.