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Title Author Year
Brahma Ralph Waldo Emerson 1857
“I came here to be a poet …” Michael Montlack 2026
This Evening Let’s Adrienne Rich 2004
A Song in Summer Sophie Jewett 1910
Chickens Kate Gale 2022
I Was Told the Sunlight Was a Cure Hanif Abdurraqib 2022
The Crystal Gazer Sara Teasdale 1926
Shadows Langston Hughes 1923
To unravel a torment you must begin somewhere Luisa A. Igloria 2018
Minstrel Man Langston Hughes 1925
Revolutionary Letter #1 Diane di Prima 1971
Detail of the Woods Richard Siken 2011
The Woman and the Flame Aimé Césaire 2011
The Shapes of Leaves Arthur Sze 1998
Love’s Growth John Donne 1633
Song of Myself, 49 Walt Whitman 1891
Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene II [I know that virtue to be in you, Brutus] William Shakespeare 2017
Wedding Cake Naomi Shihab Nye 1998
Desires André Fontainas 1911
Behind Stowe Elizabeth Bishop 1927

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