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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

Canción de las Mujeres: Some Uses for the Moon

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By Rafael Campo

Here we are, aging together, just like we said we would

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By Kayleb Rae Candrilli

One Geography of Belonging

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By Kayleb Rae Candrilli

Water we won't touch

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By Kayleb Rae Candrilli

We remain foolishly hopeful (or, obituary for the top soil)

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By Kayleb Rae Candrilli

Kissing Distance

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By Anthony Vahni Capildeo

Names

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By Mary Jean Chan

Blues for Albert ‘Prodigy’ Johnson & Carl ‘Haystee’ Samuel

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By Kayo Chingonyi

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

Quest

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By Carrie Williams Clifford

Silent Protest Parade

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By Carrie Williams Clifford

Tomorrow

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By Carrie Williams Clifford

Weeds

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By Carrie Williams Clifford

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

Turning

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By Lucille Clifton

Won't you celebrate with me

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By Lucille Clifton

Frost at Midnight

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By Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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

Questions for My Body

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By Eduardo C. Corral
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