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Title Author Year
Free Labor Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 1857
I wanted to be surprised. Jane Hirshfield 2020
After He’s Decided to Leave Elizabeth Acevedo 2019
The Show Wilfred Owen 1921
declaration Andrés Montoya 2017
Legendary Nicole Sealey 2017
A Deep-Sworn Vow W. B. Yeats 2017
Golden Anniversary Wisława Szymborska 2016
Tender Buttons [A Long Dress] Gertrude Stein 1914
I Have News for You Tony Hoagland 2010
Lighthead's Guide to the Galaxy Terrance Hayes 2010
The Battle Hymn of the Republic Julia Ward Howe 1862
Say over again... (Sonnet 21) Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1850
The Bistro Styx Rita Dove 1995
Afton Water Robert Burns 1791
Stanzas Emily Brontë 1846
Briefly It Enters, and Briefly Speaks Jane Kenyon 1986
Stoicism for Beginners Pádraig Ó Tuama 2026
Goodbye Geoffrey Brock 2025
playing america in spring m.s. RedCherries 2025

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