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Title Author Year
Howl, Part III and Footnote to Howl (audio only) Allen Ginsberg 1975
He would not stay for me, and who can wonder A. E. Housman 1939
Black Woman Georgia Douglas Johnson 1922
Starlight William Meredith 1997
The Distant Moon Rafael Campo 1994
The Embrace Mark Doty 1998
Milton David Groff 2013
Homosexuality Spencer Reece 2004
Lullaby W. H. Auden 1940
[the cocktail hour finally arrives: whether ending a day at the office] D. A. Powell 2004
A Supermarket in California Allen Ginsberg 1984
Blue May Swenson 1994
For K. J., Leaving and Coming Back Marilyn Hacker 1994

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