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Title Author Year
Canst thou, O cruel! say I love thee not (Sonnet 149) William Shakespeare 1904
Ars Poetica #1,002: Rally Elizabeth Alexander 2018
Housing Conditions of One Hundred Fifty Chippewa Families Kimberly Blaeser 2018
Dog Tag Jane Hirshfield 2018
Pintura Negra Lucian Mattison 2018
Desert Pools Sara Teasdale 1915
My Harp John Rollin Ridge 2017
Thanksgiving Robert Herrick 2017
The Lawyers Know Too Much Carl Sandburg 2017
The End D. H. Lawrence 2017
Blind Boone’s Apparitions Tyehimba Jess 2016
Morning Joy Claude McKay 2015
Dark Matter and Dark Energy Alicia Ostriker 2015
The Answer Sara Teasdale 1915
To My Best Friend's Big Sister Ross Gay 2013
From “Debths” Susan Howe 2013
A Greek Island Edward Hirsch 2013
Ghazal: In Silence Mimi Khalvati 2013
The Scholar-Gypsy Matthew Arnold 1853
Textbook & Absence (Anatomy) Catherine Barnett 2012

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