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Throwing Children Ross Gay 2023
"The world is a beautiful place" Lawrence Ferlinghetti 2017
Ode to My Socks Pablo Neruda 2016
[I wandered lonely as a Cloud] William Wordsworth 1807
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
On Joy and Sorrow Kahlil Gibran 1923
So Much Happiness Naomi Shihab Nye 2016
I Am Not Trying to Hide My Hungers from the World Anymore Kendra DeColo 2021
from “Everything Shimmers” Naja Marie Aidt 2015
A Bartable Enya Afternoon Lindsey Boldt 2023
The Bearing Edge Ralph James Savarese 2023
Wail Johnson Cheu 2023
The Caseworker Speaks of a Good Fit DJ Savarese 2023
To a Bride Mary Toles Peet 1903
The Pleasures of Imagination, Book the Third Mark Akenside 1744
Out of Debt Claude McKay 1912
My Mom’s Been Asking for a Happy Poem All My Life Jennifer Givhan 2023
Gitanjali 62 Rabindranath Tagore 1916
Basanta Panchami Pankajini Basu 1923
Gitanjali 44 Rabindranath Tagore 1916

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