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Home Norma Elia Cantú 2019
The Weight of Sweetness Li-Young Lee 2017
Hurricane Yona Harvey 2017
The Bronze Legacy Effie Lee Newsome 1922
15¢ Futures Marilyn Nelson 2015
Hands Safiya Sinclair 2015
After the Election Sarah Messer 2012
After Bombardment, Sonya Ilya Kaminsky 2011
A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day John Dryden 1687
In Summer Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
My Wife Robert Louis Stevenson 1896
Birds Appearing in a Dream Michael Collier 2006
Shirt Robert Pinsky 1990
The Feast of Lights Emma Lazarus 1882
The Letter Amy Lowell 1915
Tender Buttons [Breakfast] Gertrude Stein 1914
Nostalgia Matthew Minicucci 2023
A Thing That Happened Matt Mason 2020
News Item Dorothy Parker 1926
Young Sailor Langston Hughes 1926

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