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Iris David St. John 1991
The Junior High School Band Concert David Wagoner 1999
Fletcher McGee Edgar Lee Masters 1921
Break of Day John Donne 1612
Not marble nor the gilded monuments (Sonnet 55) William Shakespeare 1609
The Cleaving Li-Young Lee 1990
Late Afternoon Michelle Bitting 2026
“[Lady of all powers]” Enheduana 1994
After Morlot Avenue Carlie Hoffman 2024
Not Dead, but Sleeping Clara Ann Thompson 1908
Season of Grief Khadijah Queen 2023
Your Hands Angelina Weld Grimké 1927
XXXVI (The Sonnets) Ted Berrigan 2005
How Becoming a Mother is Like Space Travel Catherine Pierce 2020
Of a Certain Friendship Elsa Gidlow 1923
Mothers Arrange Their Aches at Night Maya Abu Al-Hayyat 2022
Everything Needs Fixing Karla Cordero 2021
Our Singing Strength Robert Frost 1923
Farewell Alice Dunbar-Nelson 1895
Where Is the Poet Yone Noguchi 1921

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