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Title Author Year
Imperfect Michael Simms 2022
Ballade of a Great Weariness Dorothy Parker 1926
Wake Up, Mario Martín Espada 2022
Not Once Sharon Olds 2022
three Black poems from August Danez Smith 2021
On Working Remotely & No Longer Commuting with Chronic Pain Camisha L. Jones 2021
Caprice Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 1920
Winter Moon Langston Hughes 1923
When Love Alicia Ostriker 2021
The Bright Stones Paul Celan 2020
September 11 Giannina Braschi 2001
Hysterical Strength Nicole Sealey 2017
You Still Dream Nikki Grimes 2020
Tired Fenton Johnson 1920
Free Labor Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 1857
Unruly Jari Bradley 2020
Search Engine: Notes from the North Korean-Chinese-Russian Border Suji Kwock Kim 2019
Once Paisley Rekdal 2019
Poverty Henry David Thoreau 1895
No One Speaks of How Tendrils Feed on the Fruits Xan Forest Phillips 2019

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