Today's poem is
"How to Sleep"
from River Styx
Dorianne Laux
is the author of several books of poetry, including Facts about the Moon (W.W. Norton) and Smoke (BOA Editions Ltd., 2000).
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January 25, 2006: "Single-Lens Reflex" by Debra Kang Dean
January 12, 2006: "Becoming Involved" by Elizabeth Rees
June 2, 2005: "Eighty From Seventy-Eight" by William Gass
May 31, 2005: "Maybe" Myrna Stone
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July 2, 2004: "In Ambient Light" by Greg Rappleye
June 30, 2004: "Darwin Enters the City of His Birth" by Melanie Dusseau
September 4, 2003: "Luxembourg howtosleeps at Twilight" by James Doyle
September 3, 2003: "Thank You" by Molly Peacock
March 7, 2003: "Love, with Trees and Lightning" by Catie Rosemurgy
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