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Title Author Year
Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame (Sonnet 129) William Shakespeare 1609
The Sleep Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1838
Returning to Fields and Gardens (I) Tao Yuanming 2024
The Outsider Sholeh Wolpé 2008
Several Tremendous Richard Siken 2025
From “The World After Rain” Canisia Lubrin 2023
Places Willyce Kim 2023
Wetland francine j. harris 2023
Yet Do I Marvel Countee Cullen 1927
The Harp of Broken Strings John Rollin Ridge 1850
Ghazal of Oranges Jan-Henry Gray 2022
The Lost Bird Carolina Coronado 1878
A Modified Villanelle for My Childhood Suzi F. Garcia 2021
Professional Spanish Knocks on the Door Elisabet Velasquez 2021
Together Carrie Williams Clifford 1922
Conscience Henry David Thoreau 1895
Self-Portrait with Eraser Andrea Cohen 2018
The Anxious Dead John McCrae 2018
Deleting Names (A Decaying Sestina) Lawrence Schimel 2018
Paris Willa Cather 1903

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