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I guess it was my destiny to live so long June Jordan 2017
Soul Train Allison Joseph 2017
Night H.D. 2017
Garden H.D. 2017
the dark tree, the cold sea Emily Fragos 2017
picking flowers Nate Marshall 2017
The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face James Weldon Johnson 2017
The Map Marie Howe 2016
Imperatives for Carrying On in the Aftermath Natasha Trethewey 2016
Hotel Ron Padgett 2016
Blue Vase Cynthia Zarin 2016
Swimming Carl Phillips 2015
For Trayvon Martin Reuben Jackson 2015
It sifts from Leaden Sieves - (311) Emily Dickinson 1890
Poem Charles Bernstein 1978
Ghosts That Need Reminding Dana Levin 2011
Autumn Evening David Lehman 2010
From “Mean Free Path” Ben Lerner 2010
Noel Anne Porter 2006
Stereo Anne Waldman 2008

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