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Title Author Year
An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatley Jupiter Hammon 1787
Stereo Anne Waldman 2008
Snow Naomi Shihab Nye 1998
Couture Mark Doty 1995
My Shoes Charles Simic 1971
The Beef Epitaph Michael Benedikt 1976
Epilogue Robert Lowell 1975
Someone Dennis O’Driscoll 2005
Hum Ann Lauterbach 2005
Real Life Lucie Brock-Broido 1988
Short-Order Cook Jim Daniels 1985
Iva's Pantoum Marilyn Hacker 1969
Song of Myself John Canaday 2002
The Plaid Dress Edna St. Vincent Millay 2001
Rent Jane Cooper 1993
Reading Moby-Dick at 30,000 Feet Tony Hoagland 1998
The Meaning of Trees Shivanee Ramlochan 2025
Poetry in Small Language Damir Šodan 2025
Saltwater Demands a Psalm Kweku Abimbola 2023
Upon Hearing Your Building is up for Sale Gabriel Cortez 2025

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