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Title Author Year
Invocation Jane Johnston Schoolcraft 1860
The Ring Andrew Motion 2018
I Could Be a Whale Shark Aimee Nezhukumatathil 2018
My 24 Hour Version Lois Red Elk 2017
Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene II [Be patient till the last] William Shakespeare 2017
Nature George Herbert 2017
We Should Make a Documentary About Spades Terrance Hayes 2017
Eros Ralph Waldo Emerson 1847
Hunch Jay Parini 2016
Ditty Kevin Young 2016
Imaginary Conversation Linda Pastan 2016
Summer Stars Carl Sandburg 1920
That Sure is My Little Dog Eleanor Lerman 2005
A Litany Gregory Orr 2002
Parents William Meredith 1980
Mermaid Song Kim Addonizio 2000
“To Speak of Woe That Is in Marriage” Robert Lowell 1976
Song of Hope Daisy Zamora 1995
And We Live On ... Refaat Alareer 2024
First Time Brushing Teeth Next to You Aimee Nezhukumatathil 2024

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