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Title Author Year
Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame (Sonnet 129) William Shakespeare 1609
The Mystic's Christmas John Greenleaf Whittier 1882
Home After Three Months Away Robert Lowell 1976
Personals C. D. Wright 2002
My Father Is a Retired Magician Ntozake Shange 1972
The World George Herbert 1633
American History Michael S. Harper 1970
Before Disappearing into the Fog Michelle Bitting 2026
Ghost Of Diana Khoi Nguyen 2018
Mira at the Market Mirabai 2026
[The rage that shatters a man into children,] César Vallejo 2026
Roller Coaster, Lightning Storm Wo Chan 2026
Lament Rainer Maria Rilke 1918
no one wants to be rough anymore Xan Forest Phillips 2024
Imagination William Rose Benét 1914
Naïve Tim Seibles 2024
[There is no Life or Death,] Mina Loy 1914
The Indian’s Awakening Zitkála-Šá 1916
On Moving Jane Huffman 2023
Behind Stowe Elizabeth Bishop 1927

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