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[There is no Life or Death,] Mina Loy 1914
Virginia, Autumn Molly McCully Brown 2023
Twilight Hours Sadakichi Hartmann 1904
For Mauna a Wākea Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio 2022
Young Prostitute Langston Hughes 1926
Nude Young Dancer Langston Hughes 1926
Vaccinated Jericho Brown 2021
A Song of the Road José Santos Chocano 1920
The Waiting Jane Wong 2021
Dog Park Brandon Brown 2020
Sara in Her Father’s Arms George Oppen 2008
When the Virus Comes Angelo Geter 2020
Songs (VI) E. E. Cummings 1925
Be wise as thou art cruel; do not press (Sonnet 140) William Shakespeare 1904
Thaw Edward Thomas
Canto V Ezra Pound
The Difference Thomas Hardy 1916
Roses Only Marianne Moore 1921
The Ghost Frank Bidart 2018
I guess it was my destiny to live so long June Jordan 2017

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