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Title Author Year
My Harp John Rollin Ridge 2017
American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin [But there never was a black male hysteria] Terrance Hayes 2017
In Defense of “Candelabra with Heads” Nicole Sealey 2017
Elijah vs. Santa Richard Michelson 2016
I am reminded via email to resubmit my preferences for the schedule Chen Chen 2016
I Was Minor Olena Kalytiak Davis 2016
V-Neck T-Shirt Sonnet Joseph O. Legaspi 2016
Blind Boone’s Apparitions Tyehimba Jess 2016
Blackbottom Toi Derricotte 2013
The Boston Evening Transcript T. S. Eliot 1920
Flood James Joyce 1917
How Palestinians Keep Warm Naomi Shihab Nye 1994
Lines to a Nasturtium Anne Spencer 1926
Elegy for my husband Toi Derricotte 2012
Deep Lane [June 23rd, evening of the first fireflies] Mark Doty 2011
Heart Condition Jericho Brown 2011
Alive Naomi Shihab Nye 2010
Earthy Anecdote Wallace Stevens 1923
The Witch Has Told You a Story Ava Leavell Haymon 2010
Nearly a Valediction Marilyn Hacker 1994

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