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Title Author Year
Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot [Shut, shut the door] Alexander Pope 1735
The White Fires of Venus Denis Johnson 1994
Love for This Book Pablo Neruda 1966
In the Land of Words Eloise Greenfield 2004
On the Mississippi Hamlin Garland 1893
Autumn Grasses Margaret Gibson 2003
Black Nikes Harryette Mullen 1997
The Dying Man and the Vulture Kahlil Gibran 2026
Old Story Catherine Barnett 2012
[We waved them off long ago. So why] Dimitri Psurtsev 2026
A Dozen Cocktails Please Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven 2026
And the Place Was Water Nicholas Gulig 2024
Coming Out of the Shower Armen Davoudian 2024
You’re the Top Ellen Bass 2024
Gitanjali 73 Rabindranath Tagore 1916
Carbon Dating Billy Collins 2022
Ode to Sudanese-Americans Safia Elhillo 2021
This Body Renée Watson 2019
A Painter’s Thoughts John Yau 2020
Ink-Light Natalie Diaz 2020

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