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Title Author Year
The Bricklayer Luis Chaves 2026
Prophecy Robert Penn Warren 1922
A Song [I was want] Jos Charles 2026
Abecedarian Beginning with Alif Safia Elhillo 2026
The Iliad, Book XX [The Warrior’s Return] Homer 2023
Sal Lucille Clifton 2026
I Face East (Ars Poetica) Carlina Duan 2025
A Good Doctor Michael Dickman 2025
The Thing Dead on the Road Brian Gyamfi 2025
Mom Refaat Alareer 2024
Self-Portrait as Hereboy, Sethe’s Dog in Beloved Saeed Jones 2025
Immortality Wes Matthews 2025
A Garland of Light Garrett Hongo 2019
Mantle Kevin Young 2025
Holiday cheer or holiday void— Haleh Liza Gafori 2024
My Dead Relatives Myrna Nieves 2024
PLEASURE Rick Barot 2024
Legacy Ted Kooser 2024
Even in Gretna, Hearing the Cashier Talk, I Long for Gretna Alison Pelegrin 2022
How to Witness a Miracle Without Converting Ajanaé Dawkins 2024

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