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Title Author Year
Little Ending Charles Wright 2009
He would not stay for me, and who can wonder A. E. Housman 1939
The Gift Sara Teasdale 1907
When We Look Up Denise Levertov 1966
Home After Three Months Away Robert Lowell 1976
Hum Ann Lauterbach 2005
Shedding Skin Harryette Mullen 1981
In a Country Larry Levis 1977
Tar C. K. Williams 1994
Sandwich Kazim Ali 2026
Window Spencer Reece 2026
Quiet Janani Balasubramanian 2026
The Black Outside Joy Priest 2024
The Truth About a Lie Leonora Speyer 1922
The Night Before I Leave Home Elisa Gonzalez 2023
Everything is Exactly the Same as it Was the Day Before Ina Cariño 2023
Shadow River Emily Pauline Johnson 1917
Deer’s Breath of Every Color Max Early 2022
The Spanish Needle Claude McKay 1922
Rain William Saphier 1920

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