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The moon rose over the bay. I had a lot of feelings. Donika Kelly 2017
Heart to Heart Rita Dove 2017
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun (Sonnet 130) William Shakespeare 1609
She Walks in Beauty George Gordon Byron 1815
Resignation Nikki Giovanni 2016
Yours Daniel Hoffman 2003
Love at First Sight Wislawa Szymborska 2016
Love's Philosophy Percy Bysshe Shelley 1819
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (Sonnet 18) William Shakespeare 1609
Having a Coke with You Frank O’Hara 1966
How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43) Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1850
Absence Claude McKay 1927
Love Song Dorothy Parker 1926
One Perfect Rose Dorothy Parker 1926
Prophetic Soul Dorothy Parker 1926
Crossing the Line E. Ethelbert Miller 2022
My Loves Langston Hughes 1922
A Valentine Priscilla Jane Thompson 1907
Want Could Kill Me Xan Phillips 2019
In the Heart of a Rose George Marion McClellan 1916

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