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The Yoke Frank Bidart 1997
Wilderness Carl Sandburg 1918
Wild Gratitude Edward Hirsch 1986
When I consider every thing that grows (Sonnet 15) William Shakespeare 1609
A Man may make a Remark (952) Emily Dickinson 1890
In Vain Jack Kerouac 2006
The Midnight Court [Twas my custom to stroll] Brian Merriman 2006
the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls E. E. Cummings 1923
History Robert Lowell 1976
Porch Swing in September Ted Kooser 2005
Blue Plate Jesse Lee Kercheval 2004
Found Poem Howard Nemerov 1987
A London Thoroughfare. 2 A.M. Amy Lowell 1914
Heroic Simile Robert Hass 1978
What are the consequences of silence? Bhanu Kapil 2001
On the Disadvantages of Central Heating Amy Clampitt 1997
Salt Eugenio Montale 2002
Toy Peacock in Teak Birdcage Pimone Triplett 2026
[I never knew what to name from my life and what to hide] Gabriel Antonio Reed 2026
So Cruel Prison Henry Howard 1557

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