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The South Langston Hughes 1926
The Trial by Existence Robert Frost 1915
October Hills John Rollin Ridge 2017
Six Months After Contemplating Suicide Erika L. Sánchez 2016
Witch-Wife Edna St. Vincent Millay 1956
Not Waving but Drowning Stevie Smith 1972
[little tree] E. E. Cummings 1920
Christmas Carol Paul Laurence Dunbar 1922
Peace Path Heid E. Erdrich 2016
Everyday We Get More Illegal Juan Felipe Herrera 2011
The Change Tony Hoagland 2003
From “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely” [There was a time] Claudia Rankine 2004
The Author to Her Book Anne Bradstreet 1678
a brief meditation on breath Yesenia Montilla 2020
The Vampyre John Stagg 1810
Hyperion John Keats 1820
Outcast Claude McKay 1922
The Seedling Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
The Kiss Sasha Pimentel 2017
Trees at Night Helene Johnson 1925

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