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Title Author Year
Theme for English B Langston Hughes 1994
Middle Passage Robert Hayden 2017
This Is Not a Small Voice Sonia Sanchez 2018
Gate A-4 Naomi Shihab Nye 2008
I, Too Langston Hughes 1994
On the Pulse of Morning Maya Angelou 1993
Lift Every Voice and Sing James Weldon Johnson 1917
Paul Revere’s Ride Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1861
Howl, Parts I & II Allen Ginsberg 1984
Let America Be America Again Langston Hughes 1994
One Today Richard Blanco 2016
In This Place (An American Lyric) Amanda Gorman 2018
Some days of wine and pastry Samiya Bashir 2023
to the orange still green Patty Seyburn 2002
Syrinx Spring Jennifer Scappettone 2023
Sunday Morning Grady Chambers 2018
Syracuse, October Grady Chambers 2018
III. Leviticus: In Dreams Begin Responsibilities Mary Karr 2018
Standing Dead Andrea Abi-Karam 2023
Letter to Lucy (1803–1808) Pamela Alexander 1991

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