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Title Author Year
He would not stay for me, and who can wonder A. E. Housman 1939
Voyages II Hart Crane 1933
Iva's Pantoum Marilyn Hacker 1969
In a Country Larry Levis 1977
I Am! Said the Lamb [excerpt] Theodore Roethke 1961
Every Person Is an Address, Every Person Is a Calendar Megan Fernandes 2026
Peter Quince at the Clavier Wallace Stevens 1923
[O Málik! I pray thee go for the wine full early] Abu Nuwas 1922
Clarity Vievee Francis 2024
Leaving Childhood Behind Mosab Abu Toha 2022
Slow through the Dark Paul Laurence Dunbar 1903
Coyote Sees Himself in Water Tacey M. Atsitty 2022
My Little Dreams Georgia Douglas Johnson 1922
pantoum for aiyana & not a single hashtag Aurielle Marie 2021
When Sue Wears Red Langston Hughes 1923
Give-Away Song Gwen Westerman 2021
Looking at the Moon After Rain Li Bai 1921
My Father’s Accent Kaveh Akbar 2021
What of Fire? Marcus Jackson 2021
Einstein’s Mother Tracy K. Smith 2020

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