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Title Author Year
The Jungle Megan Fernandes 2015
The Banjo Player Fenton Johnson 1922
Written in the Beginning of the Year 1746 William Collins 1746
Gila Rigoberto González 2012
Each year Dora Malech 2010
Prayers of Steel Carl Sandburg 1918
To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars Richard Lovelace 1649
Inspiration Henry David Thoreau 1895
Into the Dusk-Charged Air John Ashbery 1997
Rock and Hawk Robinson Jeffers 1995
Personals C. D. Wright 2002
The Soldier David Ferry 1999
Tar C. K. Williams 1994
To the Here and Now Salem Al-Okaly 2026
[ ] Ladan Osman 2026
How She Heard It Todd Davis 2026
Just the other day, Jalal al-Din Rumi 2022
Ghosts Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1917
The Creek Knows How to Run Jennifer Bartell Boykin 2024
Tiananmen Square, 1989 Marisa Lin 2024

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