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Theft Esther Popel 1925
To a Young Dancing Girl Elsa Gidlow 1923
Twilight Hours Sadakichi Hartmann 1904
Men Say They Know Many Things Henry David Thoreau 1943
What She Said Naomi Shihab Nye 2022
Nude Young Dancer Langston Hughes 1926
Gun Control Donika Kelly 2017
When I Have Passed Away Claude McKay 1922
a dream of foxes Lucille Clifton 1996
Like a Strong Tree Claude McKay 1925
Sara in Her Father’s Arms George Oppen 2008
Amphibious Aimee Suzara 2020
Count the Almonds, Paul Celan 2020
Praise Angelo Geter 2020
Our Singing Strength Robert Frost 1923
A Painter’s Thoughts John Yau 2020
Ink-Light Natalie Diaz 2020
When Fannie Lou Hamer Said Mahogany L. Browne 2020
A Few Things Are Explained To Me Ricardo Alberto Maldonado 2019
An Adieu Florence Earle Coates 1913

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