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The Phoenix

By Hafiz
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This poem by Hafiz celebrates the Phoenix of Islamic mythology.

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Given Sugar, Given Salt: Poems

In this luminous and authoritative collection, Jane Hirshfield presents an ever-deepening and altering comprehension of human existence in poems utterly unique, as William Matthews once wrote of her work, in their “praise of ceaseless mutability as life’s central splendor.

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Jane Hirshfield
2025
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Saeed Jones Reads at the 2014 Dodge Poetry Festival

Saeed Jones reads "The Blue Dress in Mother's Closet" and "Boy in a Whalebone Corset" at the 2014 Dodge Poetry Festival.

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Saeed Jones
2016
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Mythology