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In the old age black was not counted fair (Sonnet 127) William Shakespeare 1904
Sweet love, renew thy force; be it not said (Sonnet 56) William Shakespeare 1904
Let me confess that we two must be twain. (Sonnet 36) William Shakespeare 1904
Blues Haiku [let me be yo wil] Sonia Sanchez 2018
Sence you went away James Weldon Johnson 1922
The Broken Man’s Permission Aaron Coleman 2018
The Average Mother Camille T. Dungy 2018
To Frances S. Osgood Edgar Allan Poe 2018
To Science Edgar Allan Poe 1902
Today Is a Photograph Hafizah Augustus Geter 2017
& even the black guy’s profile reads ‘sorry, no black guys’ Danez Smith 2017
Love Songs (section III) Mina Loy 1915
Road Trip Vijay Seshadri 2016
Bleeding May Swenson 2016
Prison Reginald Dwayne Betts 2016
Bowery Afternoon Lola Ridge 2016
Remnants Jim Handlin 2016
Swallows Leonora Speyer 1921
A Person Protests to Fate Jane Hirshfield 2015
Inscription for the Entrance to a Wood William Cullen Bryant 2014

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