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Title Author Year
The Beef Epitaph Michael Benedikt 1976
San Sepolcro Jorie Graham 1995
Working Late Louis Simpson 1988
Father Outside Nick Flynn 2004
Central Park, Carousel Meena Alexander 2004
A Hermit Thrush Amy Clampitt 1997
My Picture Left in Scotland Ben Jonson 1640
Nikolaus Mardruz to his Master Ferdinand, Count of Tyrol, 1565 Richard Howard 1994
Poem for Grown Children Kathleen Driskell 2025
Position Paper #53: National Archivist Andrea Lawlor 2026
The Iliad, Book XX [The Warrior’s Return] Homer 2023
[I finish The Lover and we take a walk.] Nicole Tallman 2025
My Son Rests His Cheek on the Wrecked Car Lory Bedikian 2026
Immigrants David Cruz 2025
A Garland of Light Garrett Hongo 2019
If It Be Dream Han Yong-un 1926
The Craft Elaine Equi 2025
Hope Harriet Monroe 1892
Driving Through Maspeth, NY, After Teaching an Introduction to Creative Writing Class Carlie Hoffman 2024
living on marble street in the ’70s María Luisa Arroyo Cruzado 2022

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