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ADRIENNE RICH (B. 1929) 1426
Storm Warnings 1427
Diving Into the Wreck 1428
GARY SNYDER (B. 1930) 1432
Riprap 1433
August on Sourdough, a Visit from Dick Brewer 1434
Ripples on the Surface 1435
SYLVIA PLATH (1932-1963) 1436
Morning Song 1438
Lady Lazarus 1439
Ariel 1441
Daddy 1443
LINDA PASTAN (B. 1952) 1446
Marks 1446
AMlRI BARAKA (B. 1934) 1447
A Poem for Black Hearts 1447
MARY OLIVER (B. 1935) 1448
The Black Snake 1448
Hawk 1449
The Black Walnut Tree 1450
Poem for My Father's Ghost 1451
MARGE PIERCY (B. 1936) 1453
Barbie Doll 1453
A Work of Artifice 1454
LUCILLE CLIFTON (B. 1936) 1456
In the Inner City 1456
MICHAEL S. HARPER (B. 1958) 1458
Dear John, Dear Coltrane 1459
Martin's Blues 1460
"Bird Lives": Charles Parker in St. Louis 1461
PAULA GUNN ALLEN (B. 1939) 1463
Pocahontas to Her English Husband, John Rolfe 1464
GLORIA ANZALDòA (B. 1942) 1466
To live in tbe Borderlands means you 1466
JOSEPH BRUCHAC III (B. 1942) 1468
Ellis Island 1468