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To Autumn

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By William Blake

Island Body

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By Richard Blanco

Cityscape

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By Eavan Boland

How We Were Transfigured

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By Eavan Boland

That the Science of Cartography Is Limited

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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

If You Knew

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By Ruth Muskrat Bronson

Sonnets from the Cherokee (I)

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By Ruth Muskrat Bronson

First fight. Then fiddle.

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By Gwendolyn Brooks

The Bean Eaters

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By Gwendolyn Brooks

The rites for Cousin Vit

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By Gwendolyn Brooks

The Second Sermon on the Warpland

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By Gwendolyn Brooks

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

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

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

Orphan Song

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By Kayo Chingonyi

Some Bright Elegance

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By Kayo Chingonyi

The Blackbird of Derrycairn

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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
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