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Title Author Year
The Soul’s Desire Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada 1847
I Asked Why Have You Denied Yourself Love Sierra DeMulder 2023
Gitanjali 103 Rabindranath Tagore 1913
Behind Stowe Elizabeth Bishop 1927
An Apology Julia Ward Howe 1854
[I come weary,] Matsuo Bashō 1899
Four-Leaf Clover Ella Higginson 2017
A Short Note to My Very Critical and Well-Beloved Friends and Comrades June Jordan 2017
The Wings of Daylight W. S. Merwin 2016
Olney Hymns, I, [Walking with God] William Cowper 1779
The Bear Galway Kinnell 2000
The Descent of Alette [“I walked into”] Alice Notley 1992
Teodoro Luna’s Two Kisses Alberto Ríos 1990
The Meaning of Zero: A Love Poem Amy Uyematsu 2005
Sometimes with One I Love Walt Whitman 2013
Devotion Tracy K. Smith 2026
Proof Cornelius Eady 2026
Imagination William Rose Benét 1914
Self-Portrait as Combination Taco Bell / Pizza Hut / KFC Aaron Tyler Hand 2024
Come Let Us Be Friends Sarah Lee Brown Fleming 1920

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