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Title Author Year
Milton [Excerpt] William Blake 1811
Age Robert Creeley 1991
Stein 100: A Feather Likeness of the Justice Chair Jackson Mac Low 1999
In the Land of Words Eloise Greenfield 2004
Patsy Sees a Ghost Lola Haskins 2004
A Negro Love Song Paul Laurence Dunbar 1896
The Slave’s Complaint George Moses Horton 1829
Audience Mei-mei Berssenbrugge 2003
Shedding Skin Harryette Mullen 1981
The White Horse D. H. Lawrence 1964
The Soldier David Ferry 1999
The Woodspurge Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1856
Chansons Innocentes: I E. E. Cummings 1976
Fireflies Maya C. Popa 2026
A Certain Point Edgar Kunz 2026
A Song of Enchantment Walter de la Mare 1913
Nothing Promised Avia Tadmor 2025
From “The Lady of the Lake” (Canto I) Sir Walter Scott 1810
Citizen Gbenga Adesina 2025
Once Tove Ditlevsen 2025

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