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Title Author Year
Hatred Gwendolyn Bennett 1922
The Teacher Leslie Pinckney Hill 1922
Dear Mama (4) Wanda Coleman 2017
The Affliction Marie Howe 2017
The Church of Michael Jordan Jeffrey McDaniel 2016
What I Mean When I Say Truck Driver Geffrey Davis 2016
Hamlet, Act III, Scene II [Nay, do not think I flatter] William Shakespeare 2016
Little Father Li-Young Lee 2001
América Richard Blanco 1998
The Descent of Alette [“I walked into”] Alice Notley 1992
The White Fires of Venus Denis Johnson 1994
Moonlight Romantica Todd Turnidge 2026
After Escher George Bilgere 2026
[In my heart’s a burning] Ulayya bint al-Mahdi 2026
III James Joyce 1907
Toys in a Field Daniel Moysaenko 2025
Why Wake up Happy Quincy Scott Jones 2024
You’re the Top Ellen Bass 2024
Gitanjali 34 Rabindranath Tagore 1916
Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem Helene Johnson 1922

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