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Title Author Year
Merciles Beaute Geoffrey Chaucer 1375
Psalm George Oppen 1965
Units Albert Goldbarth 2007
Dead Fires Jessie Redmon Fauset 1922
Grief Calls Us to the Things of This World Sherman Alexie 2009
Just Listen Peter Johnson 2006
Achill Derek Mahon 1991
Shirt Robert Pinsky 1990
Momentum Catherine Doty 2005
A Nest Full of Stars James Berry 2004
My Daughter's First Week Gennady Aygi 2003
Come Up From the Fields Father Walt Whitman 1891
Heroic Simile Robert Hass 1978
[I book us a room in a hotel named after a famous poet.] Nicole Tallman 2025
Boplicity or Jimmy Throws a Houseparty for Huey Newton & Everybody Shows Up with Their Instrument Instead Daniel B. Summerhill 2026
a graphic Ed Roberson 2026
How Will I Know You [For months] Rebecca Gayle Howell 2026
my dream about the second coming Lucille Clifton 1987
You Can Light a Fire Without a Match, You Can Catch a Fish Without a Hook, You Can Make a Blind Man See Jari Bradley 2025
Wooden Bird Zbigniew Herbert 2007

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