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Good girl

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By Kim Addonizio

Floral birth '98

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By Meriem Ahmed

Why can't i leave you?

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By Ai

Amá teaches me how to whistle

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By Moncho Ollin Alvarado

Light ghazal

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By Hala Alyan

Relapse dream ending with my grandmother's hands

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By Hala Alyan

To sweeten bitter

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By Raymond Antrobus

Superhero origin story [s. o. s.]

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By Jubi Arriola-Headley

The lion

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By Mona Arshi

Writing audio description at the ulster museum

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By Bebe Ashley

The illegitimate

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By ATMOS Collective

As i walked out one evening

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By W. H. Auden

Funeral blues

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By W. H. Auden

The unknown citizen

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By W. H. Auden

Apophasis at the all-night rite aid

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By Catherine Barnett

In which i hypnotise a tiger

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By Khairani Barokka

10 things i want to say to a black woman

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By Joshua Bennett

The republic of motherhood

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By Liz Berry

Dive bar

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By Caroline Bird

One art

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By Elizabeth Bishop

Wellspring: words from water

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By Kimberly M. Blaeser

A poison tree

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By William Blake

London

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By William Blake

Edge of water, moiese, montana

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By Brian Blanchfield

The lost art of letter writing

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By Eavan Boland

Water birth

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By Rachel Bower

From imperio de los sueños / empire of dreams

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By Giannina Braschi

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

When all this is over

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By Siobhán Campbell

Canción de las mujeres: some uses for the moon

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By Rafael Campo

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

Cherishing for beginners

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By Sarah Clancy

The echo at coole

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By Austin Clarke

Turning

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By Lucille Clifton

Golden in the morning crane our necks

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By CAConrad

Some rules

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By Wendy Cope
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