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Title Author Year
Teodoro Luna’s Two Kisses Alberto Ríos 1990
The Metier of Blossoming Denise Levertov 1998
Super Samson Simpson Jack Prelutsky 1990
Sestina: Altaforte Ezra Pound 1956
The Feast of Lights Emma Lazarus 1882
I Am a Cowboy in the Boat of Ra Ishmael Reed 1989
Shiloh: A Requiem Herman Melville 1866
American History Michael S. Harper 1970
[Like the very gods] Sappho 1949
Ghazal of the Better-Unbegun Heather McHugh 1999
Touching and Being Touched Jenny George 2026
disagreement María Auxiliadora Álvarez 2025
Black Earth Marianne Moore 1921
I ask about what falls away Jason Magabo Perez 2023
The Shadow on the Stone Thomas Hardy 1917
My Little Dreams Georgia Douglas Johnson 1922
This Is Not Love Elsa Gidlow 1923
Ballade of a Great Weariness Dorothy Parker 1926
For a Lady I Know Countee Cullen 1925
A Few Things Are Explained To Me Ricardo Alberto Maldonado 2019

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