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Title Author Year
You Can't Put Muhammad Ali in a Poem Juan Felipe Herrera 2016
Central America in My Heart Oscar Gonzales 2016
Medusa Louise Bogan 1921
Cattails Nikky Finney 2011
Song of the Trees Mary Colborne-Veel 1918
One day is there of the series Emily Dickinson 1890
Road Trip Kurt Brown 2010
Snow Song Frank Dempster Sherman 1897
The Vampire Bride [I am come-I am come!] Henry Thomas Liddell 1833
Grace for a Child Robert Herrick 1648
Let Us Live and Love (5) Gaius Valerius Catullus 1601
Latin & Soul Victor Hernández Cruz 2001
Monna Innominata [I loved you first] Christina Rossetti 1881
Ballade [I die of thirst beside the fountain] François Villon 1965
One-Word Poem David R. Slavitt 2006
Evening Hawk Robert Penn Warren 1985
First Gestures Julia Spicher Kasdorf 1998
First Time Brushing Teeth Next to You Aimee Nezhukumatathil 2024
Aunt Sue’s Stories Langston Hughes 1926
Big Clock Li-Young Lee 2021

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