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Contemporary American Poetry


By John Murillo

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We Wear the Mask


By Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Bullet Points


By Jericho Brown

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Kumukanda

By Kayo Chingonyi

Read by Paapa Essiedu

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To the Swimmer


By Countee Cullen

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Charcoal Iron


By Nithy Kasa

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Harlem Shadows


By Claude McKay

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The Want of You


By Angelina Weld Grimké

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Let America Be America Again

By Langston Hughes

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Paper Planes

By Dagogo Hart

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Coole Park Poetry Series

Watch our digital exhibition of poem films shot in Coole Park with Druid.

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January text archive update: poems from 28 poets

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Digital event 12/4: Songs at the Confluence: Indigenous Poets on Place

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October text archive update: Romantic poetry

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Nine Words We Share films added

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June text archive update

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Our aim is to expand access to poetry and educational poetry materials, gathering great poems from across places, eras, and traditions.

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