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Title Author Year
Dream On James Tate 1997
less hope Danez Smith 2022
Virginia, Autumn Molly McCully Brown 2023
Theft Esther Popel 1925
The Wall Donald Justice 2004
Men Say They Know Many Things Henry David Thoreau 1943
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
ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA Ashley M. Jones 2020
Praise Angelo Geter 2020
What Governments Say to Women Alice Duer Miller 1915
When Fannie Lou Hamer Said Mahogany L. Browne 2020
Winter Walk John Clare 1836
Since I left you, mine eye is in my mind; (Sonnet 113) William Shakespeare 1094
A Military Hospital Vera Brittain 2018
Impressions Oscar Wilde 2018

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