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New and Selected Poems," the former U.S. poet laureate reflects on nature, poetry and the awe she continues to find in both.

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Deep in Earth's past, an icy landscape became a seascape as the ice melted and the oceans rose off what is now the northeastern United States. Nearly 50 years ago, a U.S. government ship searching for ...

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