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Title Author Year
Batter my heart, three person’d God (Holy Sonnet 14) John Donne 1633
My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun (Sonnet 130) William Shakespeare 1609
Instructions on Not Giving Up Ada Limón 2017
Ozymandias Percy Bysshe Shelley 1818
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (Sonnet 18) William Shakespeare 1609
How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43) Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1850
[Say what you will, and scratch my heart to find] Edna St. Vincent Millay 1922
How to Witness a Miracle Without Converting Ajanaé Dawkins 2024
Acceptance Robert Frost 1928
Winter Nocturne Robert Hillyer 1923
The Sentry Speaks Robert Hillyer 1923
The Seraph and Poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1869
Absent Sophie Jewett 1910
Separation Sophie Jewett 1910
A Friendship Sophie Jewett 1910
Sonnet from Alef to Bet (2) Yerra Sugarman 2024
Helium Sonnets Erika Luckert 2018
Panorama After Foreclosure Carlie Hoffman 2024
Grandma Pat Schneider 2005
The Patience of Ordinary Things Pat Schneider 2019

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