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Hear it!	Lady Tactics by Anne Waldman
	Read by the author May 23, 2009 Saint Peter's Church, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Lamentations #1 by Afaa M. Weaver
	Read by the author March 19, 2008 The Academy Offices From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Lamp, Terracotta Base, U.S., ca. 1925 by James Merrill
	Read by the author September 30, 1992 New York University From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Land's End by August Kleinzahler
	Read by the author May 5, 1995 From the Academy Audio Archiv Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Landing Under Water, I See Roots by Annie Finch "All the things we hide in water..."
	Read by the author October 19, 2006 Academy of American Poets Offices From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Larry Levis CD: 1978 by Larry Levis
	Read by the author March 9, 1978 Donnell Library Center, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive. Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Laurel's Eyes by Charles Bernstein
	Read by the author July 20, 2001 Philosophy Hall Lounge, Columbia University 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!	Leda, After the Swan by Carl Phillips "Perhaps, / in the exaggerated grace..."
	Read by the author September 18th, 2007 East Harwich, Massachusetts From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Letter to GC by Dana Levin "I say most sincerely and desperately, HAPPY NEW YEAR!..."
	Read by the author December 21, 2008 Santa Fe, New Mexico From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Letter to God by Mark Doty
	Read by the author September 30, 2006 Stanhope, New Jersey From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Letters to a Young Poet, 1987 by Lisa Sewell "Out of our arguments with ourselves..."
	July 15, 2010 The Arsenal Building, Central Park New York, NY From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Leviathan by George Oppen "Truth also is the pursuit of it..."
	Read by the author April 9, 1964 Guggenheim Museum, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Li-Young Lee & Chase Twichell CD by Li-Young Lee
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Hear it!	Life is Beautiful by Dorianne Laux
	Read by the author February 11, 2009 Raleigh, North Carolina 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!	Linda Gregg CD by Linda Gregg
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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!	Little Exercise by Elizabeth Bishop "Think of the storm roaming the sky uneasily..."
	Read by Richard Wilbur January, 1993 Tribute to Elizabeth Bishop Key West Literary Seminar Key West, FL Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Living by the Red River by James Wright
	Read by the author New York City March 30, 1977 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!	Long Companions by Stanley Plumly
	Read by the author February 1, 2008 AWP Conference, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Long Distance by Howard Nemerov
	Read by the author September 20, 1989 Guggenhiem Museum From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Los Dos Rancheros by Charlie Smith
	Read by the author May 21, 2009 Housing Works Bookstore, New York City From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Lost Colony by Susan Stewart
	Read by the author October 18, 2007 The Times Center From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Louise Bogan CD by Louise Bogan
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Hear it!	Louise Glück CD: 1981 & 1992 by Louise Glück
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Hear it!	Love Calls Us to the Things of This World by Richard Wilbur "The eyes open to cry of pulleys..."
	Read by the author January, 1993 Key West Literary Seminar Key West, FL Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Love in Boots by John Ashbery "Our first assignment was to make a square..."
	1994 From the Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Lucille Clifton & Gwendolyn Brooks CD: 1983 by Lucille Clifton
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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!	LXI by César Vallejo "Tonight I get down from my horse..."
	Read by Clayton Eshleman Read by Clayton Eshleman November 16, 1992 From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Lying by Richard Wilbur "To claim at a dead party to have spotted a grackle..."
	Read by the author January, 2003 Key West Literary Seminar Key West, FL Add to Notebook

Hear it!	Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota by James Wright
	Read by the author March 20, 1964 Guggenhiem Museum From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook Buy the CD

Hear it!	Lying While Birdwatching by Naomi Shihab Nye
	October 21, 2011 The Skirball Center for Performing Arts, NYU New York, NY From the Academy Audio Archive Add to Notebook

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