“Believing in Iron” by Yusef Komunyakaa

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16182

“Safe Sex” by Donald Hall

Donald Hall was known for years as the poet who told knock-knock jokes and made his living writing a composition book used in college English classes.  He’s under-rated, as the poem “Safe Sex” shows.

<p><a href=”http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19213″>http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19213</a></p>

“Miracle Ice Cream” by Adrienne Rich

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15227

“Persephone, Falling” by Rita Dove

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19856

“Nothing Ventured” by Kay Ryan

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16059

“Looking Around, Believing” by Gary Soto

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19709

“My First Memory (of Librarians)” by Nikki Giovanni

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19505