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The Present/ Lisa Robertson 2010
Peace Henry Vaughan 1650
Old Black Men Georgia Douglas Johnson 1922
The Anniversary John Donne 1633
Milton [Excerpt] William Blake 1811
Sestina: Altaforte Ezra Pound 1956
Autumn Grasses Margaret Gibson 2003
Patriotics David Baker 2002
Break of Day John Donne 1612
La Guerre (II) E. E. Cummings 2025
Not Dead, but Sleeping Clara Ann Thompson 1908
Your Hands Angelina Weld Grimké 1927
Lines Written at the Grave of Alexander Dumas Gwendolyn Bennett 1927
Sunflowers Jenny George 2022
Ecstasy Gabriela Mistral 1925
Fracture Ellen Bass 2022
My Little Dreams Georgia Douglas Johnson 1922
Poem Helene Johnson 1922
The Old Swimmin' Hole James Whitcomb Riley 1883
For Mauna a Wākea Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio 2022

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