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On Prayer Kahlil Gibran 1923
Lines: 'When the Lamp is Shattered' Percy Bysshe Shelley 1824
Untitled [This is what was bequeathed us] Gregory Orr 2009
Ulalume Edgar Allan Poe 1847
That Sure is My Little Dog Eleanor Lerman 2005
Two Countries Naomi Shihab Nye 1995
Filling Station Elizabeth Bishop 1979
Drill Jada Renée Allen 2024
Gate C22 Ellen Bass 2007
Anthropocene Nomi Stone 2018
The Forest Reverie Edgar Allan Poe 2018
The Chance Arthur Sze 1998
Dolphin Robert Lowell 1976
Medusa Patricia Smith 1992
Sal Lucille Clifton 2026
[I never knew what to name from my life and what to hide] Gabriel Antonio Reed 2026
Where Is My Friend? Dorianne Laux 2026
Railroad Avenue Langston Hughes 1926
The Weight of Love Pat Schneider 2019
I, New York Lam Lai 2022

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