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Self James Oppenheim 1916
Hon or We have both traveled from the other side of some hill, one side of which we may wish we could forget Anis Mojgani 2019
Or I shall live your epitaph to make (Sonnet 81) William Shakespeare 1904
I Could Be a Whale Shark Aimee Nezhukumatathil 2018
Cardiology Rafael Campo 2018
My 24 Hour Version Lois Red Elk 2017
Self-Portrait in the Bathroom Mirror Mary Jo Bang 2017
The First Person Who Will Live to Be One Hundred and Fifty Years Old Has Already Been Born Nicole Sealey 2017
ode to the puritan in me Ross Gay 2016
Cotton Candy Edward Hirsch 2010
“John Brown’s Body” [There were three stout pillars that held up all] Stephen Vincent Benét 1927
An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatley Jupiter Hammon 1787
America James Monroe Whitfield 1853
The Abduction Stanley Kunitz 1985
That Sure is My Little Dog Eleanor Lerman 2005
American Sonnet (10) Wanda Coleman 1993
Listen, Lord: A Prayer James Weldon Johnson 1927
Peonies Danusha Laméris 2026
I Come to See for Myself Nancy Mercado 2024
Soulwork Tracy K. Smith 2021

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