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Title Author Year
Porphyria’s Lover Robert Browning 1868
Inheritance Camille Rankine 2019
Fear Ciaran Carson 2001
The Colored Soldiers Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
The Crescent Moon Amy Lowell 2018
Objectophile Sam Sax 2017
A Boy Juggling a Soccer Ball Christopher Merrill 2001
On an Island (New York City) Joseph O. Legaspi 2021
On Time John Milton 1645
Karawane Hugo Ball 1916
Parent's Pantoum Carolyn Kizer 1996
Sympathy Paul Laurence Dunbar 1899
The Following Dogs Billy Collins 2025
On Possession torrin a. greathouse 2021
The Theologian’s Tale; Elizabeth Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1863
Light breaks where no sun shines Dylan Thomas 1937
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love Christopher Marlowe 1599
This human life Maggie Smith 2026
Ode to Solitude Alexander Pope 1735
The Iliad, Book XVIII [The Shield of Achilles] Homer 1715

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