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When we go together, what is the simple form we
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— Harryette Mullen
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You make the tender parts of me
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— Athena Nassar
Poem
Lacao
By Rosabetty Muñoz
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I did not know how beautiful we
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i calculate loss
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— Ibe Liebenberg
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Cinema
By Jessica Abughattas
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Poetry was founded in Chicago by Harriet Monroe in 1912.

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