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Title Author Year
To make a prairie (1755) Emily Dickinson 1951
Strange Meeting Wilfred Owen 1919
I Have a Rendezvous with Death Alan Seeger 1917
There was a child went forth every day Walt Whitman 1900
When Autumn Came Faiz Ahmed Faiz 1987
We never know how high we are (1176) Emily Dickinson 1890
For My People Margaret Walker 2017
The Vampire Conrad Aiken 1914
See It Through Edgar Guest 1917
Horse Katie Chaple 2026
Paul Robeson Gwendolyn Brooks 1970
Gitanjali 1 Rabindranath Tagore 1916
I Loved You Before I Was Born Li-Young Lee 2018
The Owner of the Night Mark Doty 2017
Kissing in Vietnamese Ocean Vuong 2016
Basket of Figs Ellen Bass 2002
Dream Song 1 John Berryman 1959
Jasmines Claude McKay 1921
The Sugar-Plum Tree Eugene Field 1892
Things We Carry on the Sea Wang Ping 2018

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