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Navakanta Barua
Palestine by Navakanta Barua
(4.8 by 9 user)
904
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William Shakespeare
Sonnet 12: When I do count the clock that tells the time by William Shakespeare
(4.8 by 4 user)
757
3
William Butler Yeats
The Song of Wandering Aengus by William Butler Yeats
(5.0 by 1 user)
501
3
Charles Baudelaire
The Fountain by Charles Baudelaire
(5.0 by 1 user)
431
2
Russell Edson
Metals Metals by Russell Edson
(5.0 by 3 user)
619
0
Edgar Allan Poe
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
(5.0 by 2 user)
357
2
Langston Hughes
Freedom by Langston Hughes
(4.0 by 2 user)
650
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Diane Wakoski
The Photos by Diane Wakoski
(5.0 by 2 user)
640
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Maya Angelou
Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
(5.0 by 1 user)
521
1
Lydia Huntley Sigourney
Indian Names by Lydia Huntley Sigourney
(4.0 by 1 user)
333
2
Kamau Brathwaite
Bread by Kamau Brathwaite
(5.0 by 1 user)
624
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Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Revenge by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
(4.0 by 1 user)
458
1
Sappho
Charaxos and Larichos by Sappho
(4.5 by 4 user)
253
1
Kahlil Gibran
On Love by Kahlil Gibran
(5.0 by 1 user)
551
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Sarah Helen Whitman
To - by Sarah Helen Whitman
(5.0 by 1 user)
390
1
Richard Brautigan
A Boat by Richard Brautigan
(4.0 by 2 user)
486
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William Blake
from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: The Argument by William Blake
(4.0 by 1 user)
353
1
Lorine Niedecker
Darwin by Lorine Niedecker
550
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley
(5.0 by 1 user)
187
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John Milton
Sonnet 10: Lawrence, of virtuous father virtuous son by John Milton
(4.0 by 1 user)
482
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Adonis
Desert by Adonis
(3.5 by 2 user)
425
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Linda Pastan
Faith by Linda Pastan
517
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Langston Hughes
If-ing by Langston Hughes
(3.0 by 1 user)
457
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Bob Kaufman
Jail Poems by Bob Kaufman
(4.0 by 1 user)
306
1
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
From Maud: O that 'twere possible by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
(5.0 by 1 user)
303
1
Sonia Sanchez
For Tupac Amaru Shakur by Sonia Sanchez
(5.0 by 2 user)
386
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Emily Dickinson
Because I could not stop for Death by Emily Dickinson
(5.0 by 1 user)
286
1
Jack Agüeros
Sonnet: The History of Puerto Rico by Jack Agüeros
(5.0 by 1 user)
434
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Alice Friman
The Peach by Alice Friman
(3.3 by 6 user)
178
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Samuel Menashe
Voyage by Samuel Menashe
463
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Carl Rakosi
Shore Line by Carl Rakosi
459
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Roald Dahl
The Dentist and the Crocodile by Roald Dahl
(1.0 by 2 user)
350
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Edwin Markham
Preparedness by Edwin Markham
449
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Edward Thomas
Roads by Edward Thomas
429
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Dog by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
426
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Gail Mazur
Ice by Gail Mazur
423
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Mary Ann Hoberman
Brother by Mary Ann Hoberman
(4.0 by 1 user)
371
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Anna Akhmatova
Willow by Anna Akhmatova
(5.0 by 2 user)
171
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Emily Dickinson
I have never seen "Volcanoes" — (175) by Emily Dickinson
(4.7 by 3 user)
270
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Andrew Marvell
The Garden by Andrew Marvell
(4.0 by 1 user)
368
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James Weldon Johnson
Sonnet by James Weldon Johnson
412
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Ella Higginson
Dawn by Ella Higginson
412
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W. H. Auden
Twelve Songs: IX by W. H. Auden
(4.5 by 2 user)
304
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Richard Rolle
Ego Dormio: All perishes and passes by Richard Rolle
(4.7 by 3 user)
254
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Mary Sidney Herbert Countess of Pembroke
O by Mary Sidney Herbert Countess of Pembroke
(5.0 by 2 user)
301
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Ezra Pound
Ladies by Ezra Pound
401
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Georgia Douglas Johnson
Your World by Georgia Douglas Johnson
400
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John Fuller
Lullaby by John Fuller
394
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Ronald Johnson
Summer by Ronald Johnson
391
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Abraham Lincoln
To Rosa by Abraham Lincoln
(5.0 by 1 user)
184
1
William Cowper
Hatred and Vengeance, My Eternal Portion by William Cowper
(5.0 by 1 user)
177
1
Deena Metzger
Cows by Deena Metzger
374
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Matthew Arnold
Apollo Musagetes by Matthew Arnold
(5.0 by 1 user)
172
1
Donald (Grady) Davidson
Teach Me by Donald (Grady) Davidson
371
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Lucille Clifton
here rests by Lucille Clifton
370
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Marie Ponsot
Winter by Marie Ponsot
370
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Langston Hughes
Snail by Langston Hughes
369
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Amy Clampitt
Athena by Amy Clampitt
369
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James K. Baxter
Wild Bees by James K. Baxter
368
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Tomas Tranströmer
Streets in Shanghai by Tomas Tranströmer
(5.0 by 1 user)
318
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Peter Davison
Peaches by Peter Davison
(5.0 by 1 user)
313
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Navakanta Barua
The Belt Of The Spinning Wheel by Navakanta Barua
(4.5 by 2 user)
263
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Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman
To the Young Wife by Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman
(5.0 by 1 user)
312
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Sappho
One Girl by Sappho
(4.5 by 2 user)
261
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Louis MacNeice
Entirely by Louis MacNeice
(5.0 by 1 user)
307
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Stephen Spender
Auden's Funeral by Stephen Spender
(4.0 by 1 user)
295
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Samuel Menashe
Tempus fugit by Samuel Menashe
(5.0 by 1 user)
294
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Brodsky Joseph
On Ukrainian Independence by Brodsky Joseph
(5.0 by 1 user)
284
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John Clare
Summer by John Clare
331
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Kamau Brathwaite
Bermudas by Kamau Brathwaite
331
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Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
Marriage by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
327
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Algernon Charles Swinburne
The Triumph of Time by Algernon Charles Swinburne
(5.0 by 2 user)
226
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Rupert Brooke
Jealousy by Rupert Brooke
324
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Anne Winters
An Immigrant Woman by Anne Winters
(3.0 by 1 user)
270
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Carl Sandburg
The Harbor by Carl Sandburg
320
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David Ignatow
Information by David Ignatow
317
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Osip Mandelstam
Black Earth by Osip Mandelstam
(3.3 by 3 user)
167
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Langston Hughes
Flatted Fifths   by Langston Hughes
(5.0 by 1 user)
267
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Ivor Gurney
After-Glow by Ivor Gurney
(4.0 by 1 user)
267
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William Shakespeare
Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare
(4.5 by 2 user)
217
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Sarah Josepha Hale
Mary's Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale
317
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Lines by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
316
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James Weldon Johnson
A Poet to His Baby Son by James Weldon Johnson
315
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Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Erinna by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
(4.7 by 3 user)
164
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Adrienne Rich
Yom Kippur 1984 by Adrienne Rich
(2.7 by 3 user)
162
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T. E. Hulme
Autumn by T. E. Hulme
311
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Jane Yolen
Earth Day by Jane Yolen
309
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José Montoya
Th’ Dog Dreamers by José Montoya
(4.5 by 2 user)
208
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Margaret Danner
Through the Varied Patterned Lace by Margaret Danner
(4.7 by 3 user)
156
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Carolyn Kizer
Bitch by Carolyn Kizer
306
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Edgar Allan Poe
Dream-Land by Edgar Allan Poe
(5.0 by 1 user)
255
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Edgar Albert Guest
Only a Dad by Edgar Albert Guest
305
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William Butler Yeats
Byzantium by William Butler Yeats
(5.0 by 3 user)
154
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Vinda Karandikar
The Wheel by Vinda Karandikar
303
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Thom Gunn
Moly by Thom Gunn
302
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Meleager
Lost Desire by Meleager
(4.5 by 2 user)
201
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Margaret Atwood
Pig Song by Margaret Atwood
301
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Donald Hall
The Baseball Players by Donald Hall
(2.0 by 1 user)
249
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John Ashbery
The Short Answer by John Ashbery
(4.5 by 2 user)
198
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Barbara Guest
Passage by Barbara Guest
293
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