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Unrest in Baton Rouge


By Tracy K. Smith

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My First Love


By Joshua Jennifer Espinoza

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Earth Giver


By Peter Halstead

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Nunataq


By Joan Naviyuk Kane

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It’s a Long Way


By William Stanley Braithwaite

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Still Life Mechanical


By Camille Rankine

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Palm


By Paul Valéry

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Heritage


By Countee Cullen

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from A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle


By Hugh MacDiarmid

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My Mom Texts Me for the Millionth Time

By José Olivarez

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Common Sense

By Peter Halstead

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Programs & recordings

Poetic Reflections: Words Upon the Window Pane

An in-person and digital film installation by Irish Repertory Theatre 3/22–5/2.

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News

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April text archive update: 54 new poems

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Brinkerhoff Poetry films at St. Patrick's Festival 2021

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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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