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Title Author Year
Solitude Irvin W. Underhill 1916
Raindrops Mrs. Minot Carter 1922
While Waiting for the Bus Eliot Khalil Wilson 2019
A Skull Dana Levin 2019
Song of Myself, 23 Walt Whitman 1891
What New Name Kazim Ali 2018
Heisenberg Christian Barter 2018
To My Daughter Hyam Plutzik 1959
How to Prepare the Mind for Lightning Brynn Saito 2016
The Philosopher Did Not Say Jennifer Franklin 2016
Poet of an Ordinary Heartbreak Chris Abani 2015
there is no flash Metta Sáma 2015
Never Ever Brenda Shaughnessy 2015
To Sleep Henri Cole 2007
I thought of horses Dara Barrois/Dixon
Lake Michigan II S. Brook Corfman 2026
final final night Huy Tưởng 2025
2022, January Antonella Anedda 2025
One day writing will become too difficult. James Sacré 2025
Alone in bed thinking about another breakup Ty Chapman 2024

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