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Title Author Year
The Magi W. B. Yeats 1914
Love Katy Lederer 2011
Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea (Sonnet 65) William Shakespeare 1609
From “Mean Free Path” Ben Lerner 2010
The White Fires of Venus Denis Johnson 1994
Practice Ellen Bryant Voigt 2002
In Praise of Shame Lord Alfred Douglas 1894
The Dumb Soldier Robert Louis Stevenson 1885
Honky Tonk in Cleveland, Ohio Carl Sandburg 1922
Aubade: Some Peaches, After Storm Carl Phillips 2004
When that I was and a little tiny boy William Shakespeare 1602
Background, or, How to Look at a Mountain Gabeba Baderoon 2026
Queer Trivia Night Jenny Johnson 2026
“[Lady of all powers]” Enheduana 1994
Truth Victor Hugo 2025
Fog Emma Lazarus 1889
The Creek in Shirley Canyon Robert Hass 2025
A Southern Night Matthew Arnold 1861
Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku Tony Medina 2024
Gitanjali 8 Rabindranath Tagore 1916

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