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Late Summer after a Panic Attack, Ada Limón

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1969, Alex Dimitrov

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Fifteenth Farewell, Louise Bogan

3

How Wonderful, Irving Feldman

4

To the Light of September, W. S. Merwin

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Yom Kippur, Taos, New Mexico, Robin Becker

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Southern Gothic, Ricky Laurentiis

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Subway Wind, Claude McKay

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On Receiving News of the War, Isaac Rosenberg

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Last, Donald Revell

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Winter Solstice, Hilda Morley

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Pear, Paisley Rekdal

12

New York American Spell, 2001, Tom Sleigh

13

May Day, Tess Taylor

14

The Bones of August, Robin Ekiss

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Unusually Warm March ..., Francesca Abbate

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Mr. Darcy, Victoria Chang

17

In Late August, Peter Campion

18

A Prayer for Rain, Liesl Mueller

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[th(e)reat] → ..., Trace Howard DePass

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zero in on, Claire Meuschke

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O Small Sad Ecstasy of Love, Anne Carson

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Pedal, Jenny Johnson

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A Winter Twilight, Angelika Weld Grimké

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Ode to Sitting ..., Aimee Nezhukumatathil

25

Logically, I Know the Circus, Paige Lewis

26

Looking for Beautiful Things, Joy Priest

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Hypothesis, Paul Tran

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As Dogs, Richard B. Glaser

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Exile, Winnifred Welles

30

The Office Building, Helen Hoyt

31

Lover, Ada Limón

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Waiting for Your Call, Aria Aber

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In the Meantime, Max Garland

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Maria and Oceanus, Erin Coughlin Hollowell

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The Sun, Mad Envious..., Patricia Smith

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Reinforcements, Marianne Moore

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Eclipse Season, Tracey Fuad

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A Cloud of Drench ..., Emily Pittinos

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