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Humanimal [Feral children are fatty] Bhanu Kapil 2008
Return John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester 1714
Don Juan [If from great nature's or our own abyss] Lord George Gordon Byron 1819
To Anthea Who May Command Him Any Thing Robert Herrick 1648
Exquisite Politics Denise Duhamel 1997
I May After Leaving You Walk Quickly or Even Run Matthea Harvey 2006
At the Very Beginning Katie Peterson 2006
Post-Modernism James Galvin 1997
They’ll spend the summer Joshua Beckman 2004
Medusa Frieda Hughes 2003
Breakfast Minnie Bruce Pratt 2003
In the Next Galaxy Ruth Stone 2002
Blue May Swenson 1994
Older Elektra Jenny Tunedal 2026
Deportation Brenda Cárdenas 2025
Da Normalization of War Lee A. Tonouchi 2021
I Have Built a Garden … Diana Bellessi 2026
The Bricklayer Luis Chaves 2026
Abecedarian Beginning with Alif Safia Elhillo 2026
Mom Refaat Alareer 2024

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