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American Pharoah Ada Limón 2016
Orchard H.D. 1919
Golden Anniversary Wisława Szymborska 2016
Hamlet, Act III, Scene II [Nay, do not think I flatter] William Shakespeare 2016
Sea Rose H.D. 1916
Complaint William Carlos Williams 1921
The Trouble Ball [excerpt] Martín Espada 2011
Spring Gerard Manley Hopkins 1918
it was a dream Lucille Clifton 1992
Hades' Pitch Rita Dove 1980
The Descent of Alette [“I walked into”] Alice Notley 1992
The Specific Ocean Jenny Browne 2026
To The People Who Have Resisted the Urge to Push an Asian Person Into the Path of a Moving Train Bao Phi 2024
From “The World After Rain” Canisia Lubrin 2023
A Coast-Nightmare Christina Rossetti 1896
A Thing That Happened Matt Mason 2020
A Black Man Talks of Reaping Arna Bontemps 1922
Ode to Sudanese-Americans Safia Elhillo 2021
The American Soldier Philip Freneau 1790
This Morning Luci Tapahonso 2020

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