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Title Author Year
Tender Buttons [Chicken] Gertrude Stein 1914
The Maldive Shark Herman Melville 1888
Ode to Spring Frederick Seidel 2009
Syntax Reginald Shepherd 2003
The Celestial Surgeon Robert Louis Stevenson 1887
Red Slippers Amy Lowell 1916
Blueprint Tom Sleigh 2007
They that have power to hurt and will do none (Sonnet 94) William Shakespeare 1609
War Music [Down on your knees, Achilles] Christopher Logue 1988
Nothing Stays Put Amy Clampitt 1997
The Seekers of Lice Arthur Rimbaud 2004
Go Greyhound Bob Hicok 2004
The Congressional Library [excerpt] Amy Lowell 1955
In the Next Galaxy Ruth Stone 2002
Memento Mori Maya C. Popa 2026
A Song [I was want] Jos Charles 2026
Richard’s Not Such a Die-Hard Christian After All Michelle Bitting 2026
“Artificial neurons can be trained to kill humans without humans overseeing” K. A. Hays 2026
A Good Doctor Michael Dickman 2025
All-American Ghazal Dujie Tahat 2025

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