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Title Author Year
[O were my love yon Lilac fair] Robert Burns 1793
One Sister have I in our house (14) Emily Dickinson 1890
Otherwise Jane Kenyon 2005
Before You Came Faiz Ahmed Faiz 1991
The Tempest, Act III, Scene II [Be not afeard] William Shakespeare 1622
Halloween Robert Burns 1785
Relax Ellen Bass 2014
The Conditional Ada Limón 2013
Famous Naomi Shihab Nye 1995
Position Paper #53: National Archivist Andrea Lawlor 2026
The Fly William Blake 1794
Ode of Girls’ Things Sharon Olds 2015
Anthem for Doomed Youth Wilfred Owen 1920
The Purple Cow Gelett Burgess 1895
Calling Dreams Georgia Douglas Johnson 1920
Batter my heart, three person’d God (Holy Sonnet 14) John Donne 1633
Song Brigit Pegeen Kelly 1995
Yours Daniel Hoffman 2003
Quilts Nikki Giovanni 2004
To My Dear and Loving Husband Anne Bradstreet 1678

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