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Title Author Year
I am the People, the Mob Carl Sandburg 1916
Night Waitress Lynda Hull 2017
Folk Song Diane Seuss 2023
Blessings Jay Parini 2016
Like Any Good American Brynn Saito 2013
Recollections of My Christmas Tree Mary Ruefle 2016
Prayers of Steel Carl Sandburg 1918
Long, Too Long America Walt Whitman
This Evening Let’s Adrienne Rich 2004
lake-loop Natalie Diaz 2020
Road Trip Kurt Brown 2010
Roadside Attractions with the Dogs of America Ada Limón 2012
Drill Jada Renée Allen 2024
Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño Javier Zamora 2020
Country of Water Mahogany L. Browne 2022
Reading a Science Article on the Airplane to JFK Bianca Stone 2015
Prairie Spring Willa Cather 1913
A Dozen Cocktails Please Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven 2026
Perfect for Any Occasion Alberto Ríos 2014
dream where every black person is standing by the ocean Danez Smith 2022

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