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Title Author Year
Stealing The Scream Monica Youn 2003
My Father on His Shield Walt McDonald 1998
Fireworks Edith Sitwell 1918
On the Religion of Nature Philip Freneau 1815
Cavalry Crossing a Ford Walt Whitman
High Dangerous Catherine Pierce 2019
Pokeberries Ruth Stone 2017
Puerto Rican Discovery #3: Not Neither Sandra María Esteves 2017
Zombie Blues Villanelle Tim Seibles 2016
As a Portent David Baker 2014
Brokeheart: Just like that Patrick Rosal 2014
Hamatreya Ralph Waldo Emerson 1847
Summer Stars Carl Sandburg 1920
The Shark Lord Alfred Douglas 1897
Teaching the Ape to Write Poems James Tate 1991
Advice to a Prophet Richard Wilbur 1961
Parents William Meredith 1980
The Concrete River Luis J. Rodríguez 1990
“Uvalde Shooting Highlights Role of Doors in Security Plans” Deborah Paredez 2022
I want Jordan Jace 2022

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