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Title Author Year
I Married You Linda Pastan 2006
They that have power to hurt and will do none (Sonnet 94) William Shakespeare 1609
The Midnight Court [Twas my custom to stroll] Brian Merriman 2006
Nights Harvey Shapiro 2006
History Robert Lowell 1976
Mastectomy Wanda Coleman 1993
for goldfish that remember seaworld D’mani Thomas 2026
She says, being forbidden: Leonora Speyer 2026
Alliterative Autobiography [Classroom] Adam Giannelli 2026
Night Bird Danusha Laméris 2024
III James Joyce 1907
Failed Poems Jessica Abughattas 2025
Indeterminacy J. Mae Barizo 2024
To brood Jalal al-Din Rumi 2024
Leaving Childhood Behind Mosab Abu Toha 2022
Grass Fingers Angelina Weld Grimké 1927
Pebbles Frank Dempster Sherman 1892
We Used Our Words We Used What Words We Had Franny Choi 2022
A Song of Thanks Edward Smyth Jones 1922
The Road Helene Johnson 1922

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