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Spring


By Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Superhero Origin Story [S. O. S.]


By Jubi Arriola-Headley

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Hokku


By Yone Noguchi

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The Coming of the Spring


By Agnes Maule Machar

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american inferno


By Evie Shockley

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Chick


By Hannah Lowe

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The Song of Wandering Aengus


By W. B. Yeats

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& Forgive Us Our Trespasses

By Sinéad Morrissey

Read by Rachel O'Connell

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Dreams


By Helen Hunt Jackson

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At the Lahore Karhai


By Imtiaz Dharker

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Poet and Cat

By Mícheál McCann

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10 Toes Down

By Sin à Tes Souhaits

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Programs & recordings

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News

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UK Global Majority Poets on Film 2025 with WritersMosaic

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Winter update: 31 poets, 75 poems

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15th Annual PoetryFest at Irish Arts Center

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Film screening at Film and Video Poetry Symposium

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14th Annual PoetryFest at Irish Arts Center

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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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«Our mission is to bring the legacy of poetry to a younger generation.»

Sample47 CATHY HALSTEAD – FOUNDER

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Poetry Ireland

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Academy of
American Poets

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Poet in the City

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92Y and the Unterberg
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