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Title Author Year
Marriage William Carlos Williams 1916
A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day John Dryden 1687
The Talking Back of Miss Valentine Jones: Poem # one June Jordan 1989
Song of the Son Jean Toomer 1923
Olympia Henri Cole 2003
Stanzas in Meditation Gertrude Stein 1994
Alchemy Horse Natalie Diaz 2023
News Item Dorothy Parker 1926
From “Will There Be Singing” Juliana Spahr 2020
It Is Important To Be Something Joshua Jennifer Espinoza 2018
Turtle Soup Marilyn Chin 1994
Autumn Elizabeth Drew Stoddard 2017
The Weight of Sweetness Li-Young Lee 2017
The Clans Richard Calmit Adams 2017
a note on the body Danez Smith 2017
Puerto Rican Discovery #3: Not Neither Sandra María Esteves 2017
15¢ Futures Marilyn Nelson 2015
Hands Safiya Sinclair 2015
El Beso Angelina Weld Grimké 1909
Lament for the Makaris William Dunbar 1460

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