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Wellspring: Words from Water

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By Kimberly M. Blaeser

Auguries of Innocence

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By William Blake

The Sick Rose

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By William Blake

Imaginary Exile

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By Richard Blanco

The Lost Art of Letter Writing

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By Eavan Boland

Contemplations

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By Anne Bradstreet

The Author to Her Book

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By Anne Bradstreet

The Flesh and the Spirit

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By Anne Bradstreet

It’s a Long Way

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By William Stanley Braithwaite

Sic Vita

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By William Stanley Braithwaite

Turn Me to My Yellow Leaves

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By William Stanley Braithwaite

Bullet Points

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By Jericho Brown

Crossing

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By Jericho Brown

Duplex (A poem is a gesture toward home)

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By Jericho Brown

Stake

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By Jericho Brown

The Tradition

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By Jericho Brown

Black Girl Magic

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By Mahogany L. Browne

If 2017 was a poem title

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By Mahogany L. Browne

Advice from the Lights

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By Stephanie Burt

First Astronomy Globe

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By Stephanie Burt

Wildflower Meadow, Medawisla

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By Stephanie Burt

Names

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By Mary Jean Chan

Kumukanda

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By Kayo Chingonyi

Orphan Song

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By Kayo Chingonyi

Some Bright Elegance

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By Kayo Chingonyi

Cherishing for Beginners

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By Sarah Clancy

The Blackbird of Derrycairn

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By Austin Clarke

The Echo at Coole

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By Austin Clarke

The Lost Heifer

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By Austin Clarke

The Planter's Daughter

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By Austin Clarke

Birth-day

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By Lucille Clifton

Blessing the boats

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By Lucille Clifton

Study the masters

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By Lucille Clifton

The river between us

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By Lucille Clifton

Won't you celebrate with me

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By Lucille Clifton

Kubla Khan

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By Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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By Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Some Rules

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By Wendy Cope

Postlude for Four Hands at the Great Organ

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By Maryann Corbett

State Fair Fireworks, Labor Day

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By Maryann Corbett
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