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Title Author Year
My Mama moved among the days Lucille Clifton 2017
Run Every Race as if It’s Your Last Lisa Olstein 2016
Swimming Carl Phillips 2015
An August Midnight Thomas Hardy 1901
On Summer George Moses Horton 1837
Be Kind Michael Blumenthal 2011
From “The Dead” James Joyce 1914
Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind Carl Sandburg 1922
The Life of Trees Dorianne Laux 2009
Mr. Flood's Party Edwin Arlington Robinson 1921
Home After Three Months Away Robert Lowell 1976
Dusting Marilyn Nelson 1994
At the Gym Mark Doty 2002
The Spirit of Poetry Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1886
finding tomorrow m.s. RedCherries 2024
job prescription Evie Shockley 2024
Sent & scented with 10 emoticons Tan Lin 2024
Tenebris Angelina Weld Grimké 1927
Interim Clarissa Scott Delany 1927
The Birds’ Lullaby Emily Pauline Johnson 1917

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