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Title Author Year
Untitled [You did say, need me less and I'll want you more] Marilyn Hacker 1986
The Iliad, Book I, Lines 1–14 Homer 1715
Old Story Catherine Barnett 2012
Rumi Joseph Fasano
After the Work Is Done Deahna Fumarol 2026
Goodness Afaa Michael Weaver 2026
And the Place Was Water Nicholas Gulig 2024
From “The Lady of the Lake” (Canto I) Sir Walter Scott 1810
1943 Nicholas Christopher 2025
As a Kid I Was Told, “Don’t Step on a Crack or You’ll Break Your Momma’s Back” Karla Cordero 2025
To My Dead Child Tove Ditlevsen 2025
Night’s Edge / La orilla de la noche Octavio Quintanilla 2025
Empty my heart of thee — (146) Emily Dickinson 1929
The Spirit of Poetry Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1886
[O Málik! I pray thee go for the wine full early] Abu Nuwas 1922
You’re the Top Ellen Bass 2024
The New Remorse Oscar Wilde 1887
The Cataclysm Ameen Rihani 1921
Breaking [News] Noor Hindi 2021
Miracles Giannina Braschi 2011

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