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Title Author Year
The Sharks Denise Levertov 1957
Still Life Marianne Boruch 2008
Littlefoot, 19, [This is the bird hour] Charles Wright 2007
Sex Michael Ryan 2004
The Midnight Court [Twas my custom to stroll] Brian Merriman 2006
Like Most Revelations Richard Howard 1994
Yellow Stars and Ice Susan Stewart 1981
Astigmatism Amy Lowell 1914
Heroic Simile Robert Hass 1978
I See Chile in My Rearview Mirror Agha Shahid Ali 1991
[In my eyes he matches the gods] Sappho 2007
Older Elektra Jenny Tunedal 2026
Anthem for America Varsha Saraiya-Shah 2025
The Earth-Child in the Grass Katherine Mansfield 1923
A Southern Road Helene Johnson 1926
Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku Tony Medina 2024
If You Have Had Your Midnights Mari Evans 2007
One Year ago—jots what? (296) Emily Dickinson 1945
Gitanjali 93 Rabindranath Tagore 1913
Your Hands Angelina Weld Grimké 1927

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