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My Proteins Jane Hirshfield 2015
Sonnet-To Science Edgar Allan Poe 1829
Sophia the Robot Contemplates Beauty Safiya Sinclair 2020
From “This Household of Earthly Nature; An Essay” Cody-Rose Clevidence 2023
Letter to My Great, Great Grandchild J. P. Grasser 2020
Men Say They Know Many Things Henry David Thoreau 1943
For the Lobaria, Usnea, Witches Hair, Map Lichen, Beard Lichen, Ground Lichen, Shield Lichen Jane Hirshfield 2011
La Guerre (II) E. E. Cummings 2025
To Science Edgar Allan Poe 1902
Pluto Diane Ackerman 1976
Precious Kira Tucker 2026
Dark Matter and Dark Energy Alicia Ostriker 2015
Negotiations with a Volcano Naomi Shihab Nye 1995
At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Maritza Soto Has Already Discovered Three Planets Vincent Toro 2021
1905 Marilyn Nelson 2015
Insomniac Tankas Antoinette Brim-Bell 2025
On the One Hand Megan Fernandes 2025
Electrons Ruth Madievsky 2016
The Burning Wheel Aldous Huxley 1916
The Fish Linda Bierds 1994

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