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As if some little Arctic flower Emily Dickinson 1890
Gitanjali 35 Rabindranath Tagore 1916
Tenebris Angelina Weld Grimké 1927
black love Evie Shockley 2023
Deer’s Breath of Every Color Max Early 2022
The Battle-Field William Cullen Bryant 1878
Rose Song Anne Reeve Aldrich 1889
For the Bird Singing Before Dawn Kim Stafford 2022
Tomorrow Is a Place Sanna Wani 2021
Ode to Sudanese-Americans Safia Elhillo 2021
The Lynching Claude McKay 1922
Blues Haiku [let me be yo wil] Sonia Sanchez 2018
A Boy Can Wear a Dress John Bosworth 2018
Ghosts Kiki Petrosino 2017
Tuesday 9/11/01 Lucille Clifton 2017
Yellow Rain Mai Der Vang 2016
Chess Aimee Nezhukumatathil 2015
Darling Coffee Meena Alexander 2015
Reading a Science Article on the Airplane to JFK Bianca Stone 2015
Next Time Ask More Questions Naomi Shihab Nye 2015

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