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Title Author Year
Found Poem Howard Nemerov 1987
June Light Richard Wilbur 1947
Caged Bird Matthew J. Spireng 2002
Skating in Harlem, Christmas Day Cynthia Zarin 2002
On the Disadvantages of Central Heating Amy Clampitt 1997
[Someone running with his head aflame …] Daniel Lipara 2026
a faith like yours Mayda del Valle 2014
I Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer Angel Nafis 2026
Post Partum Nikita Deshpande 2026
Audience Derrick Austin 2026
Unforgotten William Rose Benét 2025
A Bookshelf Hua Xi 2025
Citizen Gbenga Adesina 2025
Truth Victor Hugo 2025
I’m not that unrequited lover, so bitter I flee Love. Jalal al-Din Rumi 2022
Ipswich Eugene Field 1906
At the Pool Effie Lee Newsome 1927
The Ice Cream Man James Tate 2008
[It was deep April, and the morn] Michael Field 1893
dream where every black person is standing by the ocean Danez Smith 2022

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