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[Like the very gods] Sappho 1949
[Someone running with his head aflame …] Daniel Lipara 2026
At the end of the world, you tell me about the bees Muriel Leung 2026
My Grandmother’s Love Letters Christian Campbell 2025
Imagination William Rose Benét 1914
Leaving Childhood Behind Mosab Abu Toha 2022
Season of Grief Khadijah Queen 2023
Black Earth Marianne Moore 1921
From “This Household of Earthly Nature; An Essay” Cody-Rose Clevidence 2023
Gitanjali 10 Rabindranath Tagore 1916
My Home Luis G. Dato 1926
Abomunist Manifesto Bob Kaufman 2019
a dream of foxes Lucille Clifton 1996
A Winter Twilight Angelina Weld Grimké 1923
The British Prison Ship Philip Freneau 1780
On a Honey Bee, Drinking from a Glass of Wine, and Drowned Therein Philip Freneau 1809
To Sir Toby Philip Freneau 1795
If You’re Going to Look Like a Wolf They Have to Love You More Than They Fear You. Abigail Chabitnoy 2019
Conscience Henry David Thoreau 1895
Song of Myself, 14 Walt Whitman 1891

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