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Title Author Year
17 Kinds of Hungry Adrian Matejka 2024
Moon Tonight Gwendolyn Bennett 1926
When Dawn Comes to the City Claude McKay 1922
The Marathon Runner Fenton Johnson 1927
The Corn Husker Emily Pauline Johnson 1917
Dakota Homecoming Gwen Westerman 2018
Mothers Arrange Their Aches at Night Maya Abu Al-Hayyat 2022
The Deserted Plantation Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Thou Dusky Spirit Of The Wood Henry David Thoreau 1943
Like a Strong Tree Claude McKay 1925
That is solemn we have ended,— (87) Emily Dickinson 2020
This Body Renée Watson 2019
Flower Song / Flor y Canto / In Xochitl In Cuicatl Francisco X. Alarcón 1992
A Ballad: The Lake of the Dismal Swamp Thomas Moore 2019
A Sonnet on Cervantes Rubén Darío 1916
The Floral Apron Marilyn Chin 2019
A Reading from the Book of Exile Pádraig Ó Tuama 2019
NDN Homopoetics Billy-Ray Belcourt 2019
Be wise as thou art cruel; do not press (Sonnet 140) William Shakespeare 1904
Plain Advice Jeff Gundy 2018

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