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Title Author Year
When I See the Stars in the Night Sky Joy Priest 2023
Utopian Alicia Ostriker 2016
Children Walk on Chairs to Cross a Flooded Schoolyard Patrick Rosal 2015
My Soul Positions Itself in the Nation Afaa Michael Weaver 2026
Ars Poetica Manuel Iris 2025
Masculinity Ode Ally Ang 2024
Winter Anne Bradstreet 1650
The Emperor Pats His Lips with a Napkin Sanam Sheriff 2026
“Four planets (but no moon) will be visible to the naked eye tonight.” Ashaki M. Jackson 2026
For Girls Who Run Through Storms like Buffalos, Knowing It’s the Quickest Way Through Tanaya Winder 2024
Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Rising Paul Tran 2023
Incantation of the First Order Rita Dove 2021
The Thing Dead on the Road Brian Gyamfi 2025
Young Sailor Langston Hughes 1926
Refugees Holly Karapetkova 2016
Doppler Effect Arthur Sze 2019
The Bear Galway Kinnell 2000
Leaving Childhood Behind Mosab Abu Toha 2022
Jaguar Song Arthur Sze 2021
A Country Road Howard Altmann 2025

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