BRIGHTNESS AS A POIGNANT LIGHT by DAVID IGNATOW
SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: OAKS TUTT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS
THE SOUTH COUNTRY by HILAIRE BELLOC
THE LITANY: 10. THE MARTYRS by JOHN DONNE
DURING WIND AND RAIN by THOMAS HARDY
ELEGY BEFORE DEATH by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY
AT HOME by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI
THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: DECEMBER by EDMUND SPENSER
THE OAK by ALFRED TENNYSON