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[I never knew what to name from my life and what to hide] Gabriel Antonio Reed 2026
[Each morning before dawn,] Gary Young 2026
Low Tide on Grand Pré Bliss Carman 2026
Background, or, How to Look at a Mountain Gabeba Baderoon 2026
The War Against Birthdays Josh Bell 2025
This Too Shall Pass Kim Addonizio 2024
To a Bride Mary Toles Peet 1903
Mother Dear Claude McKay 1912
At Sixty-Five Henri Cole 2022
Fracture Ellen Bass 2022
To a Young Dancing Girl Elsa Gidlow 1923
Of a Certain Friendship Elsa Gidlow 1923
pronunciation Leora Kava 2022
Rainy Night Dorothy Parker 1926
All the Time Blues Villanelle Tim Seibles 2022
Crossing the Line E. Ethelbert Miller 2022
Troubled Woman Langston Hughes 1926
Ka ‘Ōlelo Brandy Nālani McDougall 2020
This Island on Which I Love You Brandy Nālani McDougall 2020
When I Have Passed Away Claude McKay 1922

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