Great Regulars: For Jackson Pollock

by Mark Irwin

In April our new black-finned 1957 Ford Fairlane 500

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: For Jackson Pollock by Mark Irwin

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The good old days at home sweet home
by Marge Piercy

On Monday my mother washed.

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: The good old days at home sweet home by Marge Piercy

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Jubilate Agno, Fragment B [For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry]
by Christopher Smart

For he is the servant of the Living God, duly and daily serving him.

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Jubilate Agno, Fragment B [For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry] by Christopher Smart

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Proclamation at a Birth
by Linda Pastan

for Anna

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Proclamation at a Birth by Linda Pastan

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Storage
by Faith Shearin

That year we left the house we couldn't afford and put

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Storage by Faith Shearin

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Thinking of Madame Bovary
by Jane Kenyon

The first hot April day the granite step

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Thinking of Madame Bovary by Jane Kenyon

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Wear
by Philip Booth

I hate how things wear out.

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Wear by Philip Booth

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