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Throwing Children Ross Gay 2023
Dream Variations Langston Hughes 1994
The moon rose over the bay. I had a lot of feelings. Donika Kelly 2017
Vaccinated Jericho Brown 2021
Let Them Not Say Jane Hirshfield 2017
What I Am Terrance Hayes 1999
To Autumn John Keats 1820
Shoulders Naomi Shihab Nye 1994
Dream Song 1 John Berryman 1959
We Real Cool Gwendolyn Brooks 1960
the poem is a dream telling you its time Marwa Helal 2022
Diving into the Wreck Adrienne Rich 1973
In the chemo room, I wear mittens made of ice so I don’t lose my fingernails. But I took a risk today to write this down. Andrea Gibson 2023
To the Sea Anis Mojgani 2023
Greensickness Laurel Chen 2022
When Giving Is All We Have Alberto Ríos 2014
The Red Poppy Louise Glück 1992
Manifesto of the Lyric Selfie Becca Klaver 2018
Do not go gentle into that good night Dylan Thomas 1937
The Anactoria Poem Sappho 2007

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