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Title Author Year
From “Clarel” [The Recluse] Herman Melville 1876
Exit Strategy Kazim Ali 2019
Pilgrims Henry David Thoreau 1895
The Departure Henry David Thoreau 1895
Aspiration Adah Isaacs Menken 1868
Road Hazard Bradley Paul 2019
What an Indian Thought When He Saw the Comet Tso-le-oh-woh 1853
While Waiting for the Bus Eliot Khalil Wilson 2019
A Life Inverse Rogério Manjate 2019
The scalps of the women with the best prophecies are dry this season Ladan Osman 2019
Winter Colony Anne Sexton 1959
Turnpike // Ghost Hala Alyan 2019
Song of the Open Road, 15 Walt Whitman 1891
Song of the Open Road, 9 Walt Whitman 1891
Gate C22 Ellen Bass 2007
The Farewell Kahlil Gibran 1923
The Coming of the Ship Kahlil Gibran 1923
The Bathers, Cassis Garrett Hongo 2018
Impression du Voyage Oscar Wilde 2018
Ride W Favor Kamden Hilliard 2018

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