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Mist Henry David Thoreau 2015
Of the Surface of Things Wallace Stevens 1919
Fire Dreams Carl Sandburg 1918
Ghost in the Land of Skeletons Christopher Kennedy 2011
To Night Percy Bysshe Shelley 1821
Olney Hymns, I, [Walking with God] William Cowper 1779
Snow Naomi Shihab Nye 1998
Sojourns in the Parallel World Denise Levertov 1996
The Bistro Styx Rita Dove 1995
My Father Is a Retired Magician Ntozake Shange 1972
Mirabeau Bridge Guillaume Apollinaire 1995
Prose in a Small Space Rita Dove 2021
No crowd that has occurred (111) Emily Dickinson 1929
I Asked Why Have You Denied Yourself Love Sierra DeMulder 2023
Mother's Rules Yalie Saweda Kamara 2016
Ghazal of Oranges Jan-Henry Gray 2022
The Atom No. 18 Sarah Mangold 2022
Nocturne Sadakichi Hartmann 1904
Ballad Diane Seuss 2021
Ode on an Abandoned House Hayan Charara 2021

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