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Title Author Year
We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths Philip James Bailey 1884
Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot [Shut, shut the door] Alexander Pope 1735
My Shoes Charles Simic 1971
Seven Years Daisy Fried 2006
Iris David St. John 1991
Aubade: Some Peaches, After Storm Carl Phillips 2004
Days of Me Stuart Dischell 2003
One Flower Jack Kerouac 2003
Skating in Harlem, Christmas Day Cynthia Zarin 2002
War Photograph Kate Daniels 2002
The Suitor Jane Kenyon 1996
Lullaby of the Onion Miguel Hernández 1989
Song at Capri Sara Teasdale 1925
Touching and Being Touched Jenny George 2026
Once, Martha Silano 2024
At the Pool Effie Lee Newsome 1927
Parable Nickole Brown 2024
The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad Wallace Stevens 1921
Poems of Gustavo Adolfo Becquer, XXIV Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer 1891
Lines Written During My Second Pandemic Eduardo C. Corral 2022

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