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Song of Myself, 33 Walt Whitman 1891
The Canterbury Tales, “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue” [Excerpt] Geoffrey Chaucer 1478
“King Lear, Act III, Scene II” [Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!] William Shakespeare 1608
once a marine biologist told me octopuses have three hearts Denice Frohman 2018
To the Pine Tree Jane Johnston Schoolcraft 2020
A Girl's Garden Robert Frost 2018
Foul Ball David Bottoms 2018
A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim Walt Whitman 2017
Magdalene—The Seven Devils Marie Howe 2016
The Vampyre John Stagg 1810
The Author to Her Book Anne Bradstreet 1678
Odysseus to Telemachus Joseph Brodsky 1980
Three Haiku Matsuo Bashō 2026
Going for Water Robert Frost 1915
Shadwell Stair Wilfred Owen 1931
A Litany in Time of Plague Thomas Nashe 1600
Strong Men Sterling A. Brown 1922
Nine Spice Mix Zeina Azzam 2022
Her Voice Oscar Wilde 2018
How Can Black People Write About Flowers at a Time Like This Hanif Abdurraqib 2018

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