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Hear it!	Against Elegies by Marilyn Hacker "James has cancer. Catherine has cancer..."
	Read by the author March 31, 1992 Alliance Francaise, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Cleis by Marilyn Hacker
	Read by the author March 31, 1992 Alliance Francaise, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Syria Renga by Marilyn Hacker
	October 21, 2011 The Skirball Center for Performing Arts, NYU New York, NY From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Sweetwater Caverns by Kimiko Hahn
	Read by the author June 26, 2007 Bryant Park Reading Series From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Donald Hall CD by Donald Hall
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Hear it!	Gold by Donald Hall "Pale gold of the walls, gold..."
	Read by the author Academy Audio Archive 1970 Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Google Me Soon by Mark Halliday "From the way you barely glance at me downtown..."
	Read by the author May 16, 2009 McNally Jackson Booksellers, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	It Was Not Him by Mark Halliday
	Read by the author May 16, 2009 McNally Jackson Booksellers, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Daybreak by Daniel Halpern
	Read by Robert Hass May 6, 2010 New York University From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Fish by Daniel Halpern
	Read by John Ashbery May 6, 2010 New York University From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Her Body [The Signature] by Daniel Halpern
	Read by Jorie Graham May 6, 2010 New York University From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	How to Eat Alone by Daniel Halpern
	Read by Anthony Bourdain May 6, 2010 New York University From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	During Wind and Rain by Thomas Hardy "They sing their dearest songs..."
	Read by James Wright New York City March 2, 1967 Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Electron Face by Matt Hart "It's true that two hummingbirds singing in the exact same pitch..."
	September 2, 2010 The Arsenal Building, Central Park New York, NY From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Her Name was Name by Matt Hart "I had a girl, I named her soap..."
	September 2, 2010 The Arsenal Building, Central Park New York, NY From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	First Things at the Last Minute by Robert Hass
	Read by the author October 18, 2007 The Times Center From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Privilege of Being by Robert Hass "Many are making love. Up above, the angels..."
	From the Academy Audio Archive Recorded on May 3, 1988 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Robert Hass & Thom Gunn CD by Robert Hass
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Hear it!	The Apple Trees at Olema by Robert Hass "They are walking in the woods along the coast..."
	1988 From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Robert Hayden CD by Robert Hayden
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Hear it!	Soledad by Robert Hayden "Naked, he lies in the blinded room..."
	Read by the author November 09, 1976 Guggenhiem Museum From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	At Pegasus by Terrance Hayes "They are like those crazy women..."
	Read by the author April 20, 2000 From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Lighthead's Guide to Addiction by Terrance Hayes
	August 19, 2010 The Arsenal Building, Central Park New York, NY From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Liner Notes to an Imaginary Playlist by Terrance Hayes "1. The Song is Called Wind Solo, by the Phelonious Monks..."
	August 19, 2010 The Arsenal Building, Central Park New York, NY From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Shakur by Terrance Hayes "I am coming at you live from the half-way out..."
	August 19, 2010 The Arsenal Building, Central Park New York, NY From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	What I Am by Terrance Hayes "Fred Sanford's on at 12..."
	Read by the author April 20, 2000 From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	A Possum Entering the Argument by Tom Healy "We're talking about when we met, and you say..."
	August 19, 2010 The Arsenal Building, Central Park New York, NY From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Living on Someone Else's Money by Tom Healy "What it means is flowers always on the table..."
	August 19, 2010 The Arsenal Building, Central Park New York, NY From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Anthony Hecht CD by Anthony Hecht
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Hear it!	Chorus from Oedipus at Colonos by Anthony Hecht "What is unwisdom but the lusting after..."
	Read by the author January 24, 1991 Pierpont Morgan Library From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	The Transparent Man by Anthony Hecht "I'm mighty glad to see you, Mrs. Curtis,..."
	Read by the author January 24, 1991 Pierpont Morgan Library From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Happily [excerpt] by Lyn Hejinian "The manner in which we are present at this time to and fro appears, we come to point of view before us..."
	Read by the author May 15, 2001 Academy of American Poets Award Ceremony From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Book of a Thousand Eyes [To achieve reality] by Lyn Hejinian "To achieve reality..."
	October 21, 2011 The Skirball Center for Performing Arts, NYU New York, NY From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Future by Lyn Hejinian
	Read by the author October 18, 2007 The Times Center From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Pulley by George Herbert "When God at first made man,  ..."
	Read by Carl Phillips September 18th, 2007 East Harwich, Massachusetts From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Everyday We Get More Illegal by Juan Felipe Herrera
	October 21, 2011 The Skirball Center for Performing Arts, NYU New York, NY From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Song for the Clatter-Bones by F. R. Higgins "God rest that Jewy woman..."
	Read by James Wright New York City March 2, 1967 Add to Notebook

Hear it!	I'm Going to Start Living Like a Mystic by Edward Hirsch "Today I am pulling on a green wool sweater..."
	Read by the author April 13, 2003 Poets House From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Lay Back the Darkness by Edward Hirsch "My father in the night shuffling from room to room..."
	Read by the author April 13, 2003 Poets House From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Widening Sky by Edward Hirsch "I am so small walking on the beach..."
	Read by the author April 13, 2003 Poets House From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Wild Gratitude by Edward Hirsch "Tonight when I knelt down next to our cat, Zooey..."
	Read by the author April 13, 2003 Poets House From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Each Moment a White Bull by Jane Hirshfield
	Read by the author September 22, 2008 From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	For What Binds Us by Jane Hirshfield
	Read by the author September 22, 2008 From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Bell Zygmunt by Jane Hirshfield
	Read by the author September 22, 2008 From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Supple Deer by Jane Hirshfield
	Read by the author September 22, 2008 From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Dear Claudia: A Letter in Response by Tony Hoagland
	Read by Claudia Rankine February 4, 2011 AWP Conference Omni Shoreham Hotel Washington, D.C. Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Lucky by Tony Hoagland "If you are lucky in this life,..."
	Read by the author September 28, 2006 Dodge Poetry Festival From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Reasons To Survive November by Tony Hoagland
	Read by the author September 28, 2006 Dodge Poetry Festival From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Change by Tony Hoagland "The season turned like the page of a glossy fashion magazine..."
	Read by Nick Flynn February 4, 2011 AWP Conference Omni Shoreham Hotel Washington, D.C. Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Transcript: Tony Hoagland in Conversation by Tony Hoagland
	Read by the author September 28, 2006 Dodge Poetry Festival From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Center of Attention by Daniel Hoffman "As grit swirls in the wind the word spreads...."
	Read by the author October 27, 1980 Guggenhiem Museum From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	An Old-Fashioned Song by John Hollander "No more walks in the wood:..."
	Read by the author January 14, 1992 Pierpont Morgan Library From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	John Hollander CD by John Hollander
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Hear it!	Edge and Fold, sections 15-49 by Paul Hoover
	Read by the author February 1, 2008 AWP Conference, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Don't Kill Yourself by Paul Hoover
	Read by the author February 1, 2008 AWP Conference, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Driver's Song by Paul Hoover
	Read by the author February 1, 2008 AWP Conference, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Poems We Can Understand by Paul Hoover
	Read by the author February 1, 2008 AWP Conference, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies dráw fláme by Gerard Manley Hopkins "As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies dráw fláme..."
	Read by Idra Novey May 30, 2009 The Strand Bookstore, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	God's Grandeur by Gerard Manley Hopkins "The world is charged with the grandeur of God...."
	Read by Karen Volkman May 13, 2008 The Academy Offices From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Nikolaus Mardruz to his Master Ferdinand, Count of Tyrol, 1565 by Richard Howard "My Lord recalls Ferrara? How walls..."
	Read by the author October 3, 1994 Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City from the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Richard Howard CD by Richard Howard
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Hear it!	Far and Away [excerpt] by Fanny Howe "The rain falls on..."
	Read by the author January 1, 2009 Vineyard Haven, MA From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Scrape and Bell by Fanny Howe
	Read by the author January 1, 2009 Vineyard Haven, MA From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Descent by Fanny Howe
	Read by the author January 1, 2009 Vineyard Haven, MA From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Unday by Fanny Howe "From no nowhere not near the sea..."
	Read by the author January 1, 2009 Vineyard Haven, MA From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Winter Distances by Fanny Howe
	Read by the author January 1, 2009 Vineyard Haven, MA From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Backchat: Marie Howe in Conversation by Marie Howe
	From the 2010 Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Recorded by The Poetry Trust Add to Notebook

Hear it!	A Woman's Delusion by Susan Howe
	Read by the author May 31, 1994 From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Nonconformist's Memorial by Susan Howe
	Read by the author May 31, 1994 From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Blur by Andrew Hudgins "Storms of perfume lift from honeysuckle,..."
	Read by the author March 1, 2007 AWP Conference, Atlanta From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Day Job and Night Job by Andrew Hudgins "After my night job, I sat in class..."
	Read by the author March 1, 2007 AWP Conference, Atlanta From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes "I've known rivers..."
	Read by the author from The Voice of Langston Hughes Folkways Records Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Degrees of Gray in Phillipsburg by Richard Hugo
	Read by the author March 4, 1969 The Guggenheim Museum, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	The Lady in Kicking Horse Reservoir by Richard Hugo
	Read by the author March 4, 1969 The Guggenheim Museum, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

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