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Title Author Year
Baby Tortoise D. H. Lawrence 1964
Heroic Simile Robert Hass 1978
[In my eyes he matches the gods] Sappho 2007
Salt Eugenio Montale 2002
When Crimea was still a place of light, Lyudmyla Khersonska 2026
Toy Peacock in Teak Birdcage Pimone Triplett 2026
A River Is a Body Running Steven Espada Dawson 2025
Nostalgia Jessie Redmon Fauset 1927
The City William Rose Benét 1920
A Violet Darkness Najwan Darwish 2024
Rain César Vallejo 1918
The Mask Clarissa Scott Delany 1927
At Sixty-Five Henri Cole 2022
Mirage Luis G. Dato 1926
For a Sad Lady Dorothy Parker 1926
General Review of the Sex Situation Dorothy Parker 1926
A Farewell Langston Hughes 1926
Everything Needs Fixing Karla Cordero 2021
Sock Hop Anis Mojgani 2011
Ode to Sitting in a Booth Aimee Nezhukumatathil 2021

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