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Linda Gregerson, “Cranes on the Seashore,” from Waterborne: Poems by Linda Gregerson. Copyright © 2002 by Linda Gregerson. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
The Dominion of the Dead copyright © 2003 by Robert Pogue Harrison. Reprinted by permission of The University of Chicago Press.
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Rick Mathes, “Allah or Jesus?” from Mission Gate Prison Ministry Newsletter, reprinted by permission of Rick Mathes.
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Paula Meehan, “The Pattern” from The Man Who Was Marked by Winter by Paula Meehan. Copyright © 1991 by Paula Meehan. Reprinted by kind permission of the author and The Gallery Press, Loughcrew, Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland.
Joni Mitchell, “The Magdelene Laundries,” from Turbulent Indigo, Warner Bros. Copyright © 1994. Reprinted by permission of Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
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Dennis O’Driscoll, “The Celtic Tiger,” from Dennis O’Driscoll: New and Selected Poems published by Anvil Press Poetry in 2004. Reprinted by permission of Anvil Press Poetry.
Matthew Sweeney, “The Cold,” from Blue Shoes by Matthew Sweeney. Copyright © 1989 Matthew Sweeney. Reproduced by permission of the author c/o Rogers, Coleridge & White Ltd., 20 Powis Mews, London W11 1JN.