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Title Author Year
He Had His Dream Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Condolence Dorothy Parker 1926
Patients Aurora Levins Morales 2013
Quotidian Natasha Trethewey 2021
Anne CMarie Fuhrman 2021
To One Coming North Claude McKay 1922
Angelhair Angela Jackson 1998
23 Reasons Why Mexicanos Can Still Be Found in a Walmart Alessandra Narváez Varela 2021
Love in the City José Martí 2002
Like an Auto-Tune of Authentic Love Carmen Giménez 2020
Salmon-Fishing Robinson Jeffers 1935
Twerk Villanelle Porsha Olayiwola 2019
The House Was Quiet and the World Was Calm Wallace Stevens 1990
Lightning Witter Bynner 1920
[When I come home they rush to me, the flies] Aracelis Girmay 2020
How the Stars Understand Us Christopher Gilbert 1984
Let Me Not Lose My Dream Georgia Douglas Johnson 1922
Octopus Empire Marilyn Nelson 2019
[Things feel partial. My love for things is partial. Mikel on his last legs, covered] Diane Seuss 2019
Step Two: Higher Power Hala Alyan 2019

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