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Title Author Year
Black Jackets Thom Gunn 1994
Landing Under Water, I See Roots Annie Finch 2003
Surreptitious Kissing Denis Johnson 1994
Thanksgiving Letter from Harry Carl Dennis 2007
An Unemployed Machinist John Giorno 1970
Letters from a Father Mona Van Duyn 1982
Past Light Pimone Triplett 2005
The Painting John Balaban 2003
A Divine Image William Blake 1794
Syringa John Ashbery 1975
Notes From Therapy Frederick Joseph 2024
This is his cheek the map of days outworn (Sonnet 68) William Shakespeare 1904
[I never knew what to name from my life and what to hide] Gabriel Antonio Reed 2026
So Cruel Prison Henry Howard 1557
The Artist Orpheus Donald Justice 1995
Postures of Devotion Kimberly Blaeser 2025
The Sonnet in Drag Chris Watkins 2025
Homecoming Landis Grenville 2025
Meeting Ourselves Vachel Lindsay 1929
Hangman Poem: One Player Puzzle Anacaona Rocio Milagro 2025

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