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Title Author Year
The Desolate Field William Carlos Williams 1921
O Black and Unknown Bards James Weldon Johnson 1922
This Was Once a Love Poem Jane Hirshfield 2001
Inarticulate Grief Richard Aldington 2018
Beverly Hills, Chicago Gwendolyn Brooks 2017
The Sadness of Clothes Emily Fragos 2015
Lament Edna St. Vincent Millay 1921
My Childhood Home I See Again Abraham Lincoln 1847
Ethel’s Sestina Patricia Smith 2018
Dead Leaves Georgia Douglas Johnson 1918
Five Directions to My House Juan Felipe Herrera 2008
Workshop Billy Collins 1995
Sonnet 6 Rainer Maria Rilke 2004
Florida Snow P. Scott Cunningham 2025
eschatology Eve L. Ewing 2024
Aunt Sue’s Stories Langston Hughes 1921
Classic Water David Berman 2013
Dock Rats Marianne Moore 1921
Barbara Frietchie John Greenleaf Whittier 1894
Farewell Federico García Lorca 2021

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