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Wakan, Naomi, author.

Publication Date

2021

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Book

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811.54 WAK

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SD_ILS:646633

Best Canadian poetry 2025

Hunter, Aislinn, guest editor.

Publication Date

2025

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811.6 BES 2025

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SD_ILS:785728

What remains : the collected poems of Hannah Arendt

Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975, author.

Publication Date

2025

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Book

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831.91 ARE

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SD_ILS:788266

Out of the ordinary : new poems

Wayman, Tom, 1945- author.

Publication Date

2025

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811.54 WAY

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SD_ILS:790746

Stars around my scars : the annotated poetry of Taylor Swift

McCausland, Elly, author.

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2025

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782.42164 MCC

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SD_ILS:795172

The divine comedy

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321, author.

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2025

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851.1 DAN

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Thran, Nick, 1980- author.

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2025

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811.6 THR

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SD_ILS:790718

How elegant the elephant : poems about animals and insects

Hoberman, Mary Ann, author.

Publication Date

2024

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811.54 HOB

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SD_ILS:794071

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Nienow, Matthew, author.

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2025

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Vita nuova

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321, author.

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2025

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How to be a good girl : a miscellany

Hood, Jamie author.

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2025

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Helen of Troy, 1993 : poems

Zoccola, Maria, 1993- author.

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2025

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