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Title Author Year
Birds Appearing in a Dream Michael Collier 2006
Wait Until It Grows Roots Tarfia Faizullah 2025
First Time Brushing Teeth Next to You Aimee Nezhukumatathil 2024
Nostalgia Matthew Minicucci 2023
Young Sailor Langston Hughes 1926
Waiting for Your Call Aria Aber 2021
A Distant Song John Gould Fletcher 1913
I Want the Wide American Earth Carlos Bulosan 1950
Free Labor Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 1857
Body Encounters Barrier, or Stairs (Not a Metaphor) Tara Hardy 2020
The Coliseum Edgar Allan Poe 2018
I Could Be a Whale Shark Aimee Nezhukumatathil 2018
The Fool’s Song William Carlos Williams 2017
Leave No Trace Maggie Dietz 2016
When my love swears that she is made of truth (Sonnet 138) William Shakespeare 2016
15¢ Futures Marilyn Nelson 2015
Let Everything Happen to You Natalie Eilbert 2015
Rambling Afaa Michael Weaver 2007
Suburban Michael Blumenthal 1987
Road Trip Kurt Brown 2010

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