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Title Author Year
The Widening Sky Edward Hirsch 2003
Surreptitious Kissing Denis Johnson 1994
Eating the Bones Ellen Bass 2007
Third Charm from Masque of Queens Ben Jonson 1609
Bedtime Story Wanda Coleman 1993
My Friends W. S. Merwin 1963
California Plush Frank Bidart 1973
After the Grand Perhaps Lucie Brock-Broido 1988
The Orchid Flower Sam Hamill 2002
If the Owl Calls Again John Haines 1993
The Happiness Jack Hirschman 2002
Tract William Carlos Williams 1962
Reading Moby-Dick at 30,000 Feet Tony Hoagland 1998
This Land Remembers Manuel González 2026
Cutty Sark Hart Crane 1930
The Bricklayer Luis Chaves 2026
The Iliad, Book VI [The Price of Honor] Homer 2023
Not Brave Maha Hashwi 2026
the art of losing Rabha Ashry 2026
“Artificial neurons can be trained to kill humans without humans overseeing” K. A. Hays 2026

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