Great Regulars: The Country

by Billy Collins

I wondered about you

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: The Country by Billy Collins

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Demand It Courageously
by Julia Hartwig

Make some room for yourself, human animal.

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Demand It Courageously by Julia Hartwig

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Every Day
by Tom Clark

Awake the mind's hopeless so

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Every Day by Tom Clark

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Fiction
by Lisel Mueller

Going south, we watched spring

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Fiction by Lisel Mueller

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Fishing in the Keep of Silence
by Linda Gregg

There is a hush now while the hills rise up

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Fishing in the Keep of Silence by Linda Gregg

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Listening
by David Ignatow

You wept in your mother's arms

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Listening by David Ignatow


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Morning
by Frederick Smock

All year long there is

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Morning by Frederick Smock

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