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Poet of the Week: John Ashbery
April 10, 2011
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faceless
toothpick
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floor
algorithm
everyday
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starlight
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midnight
wristwatch
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chocolate
standstill
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perspective
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content
dolphin
shoulder
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cell
contact
clock
bomb
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laughter
forever
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progress
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unrest
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spring
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strategy
spear
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fear
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innocence
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rhyme
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wheel
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balloon
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taste
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pastry
tube
decibel
brunette
absence
racket
flirt
somebody
implosion
cream
couch
runway
poker
tattoo
livingroom
soup
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pacific
discipline
spot
ticket
witness
milimeter
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sick
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friends
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bronze
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modulation
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smashup
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fist
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eagle
touch
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cow
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irritant
testosterone
cityscape
world
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constellation
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imagination
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birthday
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monkey
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pin
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true
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