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A Portrait in Greys William Carlos Williams 1917
Together Carrie Williams Clifford 1922
Free Labor Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 1857
I wanted to be surprised. Jane Hirshfield 2020
The Pedagogy of Conflict Pádraig Ó Tuama 2019
My love is as a fever, longing still (Sonnet 147) William Shakespeare 1904
If the dull substance of my flesh were thought (Sonnet 44) William Shakespeare 1904
Adore Li-Young Lee 2018
The Thinker William Carlos Williams 2015
Text Messages Jordan Davis 2010
Blackout Faiz Ahmed Faiz 1987
Kinky Denise Duhamel 1997
American Sonnet (35) Wanda Coleman 1998
Briefly It Enters, and Briefly Speaks Jane Kenyon 1986
The Concrete River Luis J. Rodriguez 1990
After My First Breakup, My Father Writes His First Email Emily Jungmin Yoon 2026
On Growing Old John Masefield 1919
To a Young Poet Zaina Alsous 2025
The Yellow Corn Charles G. Eastman 1848
Incurable Dorothy Parker 1928

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