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Title Author Year
Insomnia Alicia Ostriker 2009
Negotiations with a Volcano Naomi Shihab Nye 1995
The Sharks Denise Levertov 1957
Sharks’ Teeth Kay Ryan 2005
Lullaby of an Infant Chief Sir Walter Scott 1816
Still Life Marianne Boruch 2008
Thing Rae Armantrout 2007
Well Water Randall Jarrell 1969
Learning Judith Viorst 1981
Voyages II Hart Crane 1933
Dora Diller Jack Prelutsky 1984
Carrowmore Lucie Brock-Broido 1997
The Great Migration Minnie Bruce Pratt 1999
A Winter Without Snow J. D. McClatchy 1980
Older Elektra Jenny Tunedal 2026
Cross-Armed Elvira Hernández 2026
for goldfish that remember seaworld D’mani Thomas 2026
Fidelity William Ward Butler 2026
Mercury Suzanne Cleary 2026
The language of the house Manuel Iris 2025

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