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In the Library Charles Simic 2008
Hades' Pitch Rita Dove 1980
The Descent of Alette [“I walked into”] Alice Notley 1992
Sunset, Venice Beach, October Kalehua Kim 2026
The Specific Ocean Jenny Browne 2026
I begin the day thinking Taylor Byas 2025
Vita Nuova, 5 Dante Alighieri 2024
From “The World After Rain” Canisia Lubrin 2023
A Coast-Nightmare Christina Rossetti 1896
A Thing That Happened Matt Mason 2020
Indian Summer Dorothy Parker 1926
Keep A-Pluggin' Away Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Summer Night Langston Hughes 1926
Moon Over Gaza Naomi Shihab Nye 2019
I Never Wanted to Die Dorianne Laux 2021
Ode to Sudanese-Americans Safia Elhillo 2021
This Morning Luci Tapahonso 2020
Song of Myself, 26 Walt Whitman 1891
Christmas Comes Again Elizabeth Drew Stoddard 2017
A Short Note to My Very Critical and Well-Beloved Friends and Comrades June Jordan 2017

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