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Title Author Year
The Dandelion Vachel Lindsay 1916
The Wishing Tree Kathleen Jamie 2007
Eighth Air Force Randall Jarrell 1969
An Old-Fashioned Song John Hollander 1993
At the Gym Mark Doty 2002
After Making Love We Hear Footsteps Galway Kinnell 2000
Window Spencer Reece 2026
How to Take a Life Janel Pineda 2026
Do Not Run Farnaz Fatemi 2024
My First Bookstore Edward Hirsch 2025
Longings Nellie Rathbone Bright 1927
Hoops with Nets Mark Halliday 2025
To Mars from Arizona Alberto Ríos 2023
Down to My Elbows (ending on a line by Shakespeare) José Olivarez 2023
Inupiaq Women dg nanouk okpik 2022
To a Young Dancing Girl Elsa Gidlow 1923
Sea Calm Langston Hughes 1926
Maine Yet Miami Richard Blanco 2020
A Dedication Lucian B. Watkins 1903
Heritage Emissary Threa Almontaser 2020

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