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Find the full text of Maya Angelou's poem here.

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Find the full text of Clint Smith's poem in his recent poetry collection, ⁠Above Ground⁠, published by Little, Brown and Company in 2023.

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Find the full text of Elizabeth's Acevedo poem in the anthology, Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience, which was published by Seven Stories Press in 2019.

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Find the full text of Emithal Mahmoud's poem in her poetry collection, Sister's Entrance, published by Andrews McNeel Publishing in 2018.

Find the full text of Langston Hughes' poem here.

Find the full text of Maya Angelou's poem here.

Find the full text of Clint Smith's poem in his recent poetry collection, Above Ground, published by Little, Brown and Company in 2023.

Find the full text of Langston Hughes' poem here.

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Find the full text of Paisley Rekdal's poem here. Here is a list of music used in this episode:"Family Ties" by baby keem and Kendrick Lamar"Devil is a Lie" by Tommy Richman"On Sight" by Kanye West"Like That" by Future, Kendrick Lamar, Metro Boomin

Find the full text of Joy Harjo's poem here.

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Find the full text of "Prints" by Joseph Bruchac here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57810/prints

Find the full text of Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45106/sonnet-116-let-me-not-to-the-marriage-of-true-minds

Find the full text of "The Death of Santa Claus" by Charles Harper Webb here: https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/poetry-180/all-poems/item/poetry-180-115/the-death-of-santa-claus/

Find the full text of "Our Grandma Kissed a Pumpkin" by Darren Sardelli here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/145939/our-grandma-kissed-a-pumpkin

Find the full text of "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost here: https://poets.org/poem/nothing-gold-can-stay

Find the full text of "Bling Bling Blues" by Kevin Young here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=49648

Find the full text of "The Shield of Achilles" by W.H. Auden here: https://poets.org/poem/shield-achilles

Find the full text of "Can't" by Edgar A. Guest here: https://allpoetry.com/poem/8471321-Can-t-by-Edgar-Albert-Guest

Find the full text of "Cartoon Physics, part 1" by Nick Flynn here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52422/cartoon-physics-part-1

Find the full text of "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44272/the-road-not-taken

Find the full text of "Acceptance" by Christina Marie True here: https://www.best-poems.net/christina_marie_true/acceptance.html#google_vignette

Find the full text of "Friendship" by David Harris here: https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/friendship-92/

Find the full text of "Ode to a Large Tuna in the Market" by Pablo Neruda here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/49322/ode-to-a-large-tuna-in-the-market

Find the full text of "Books Fall Open" by David McCord here: https://fplobserver.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/books-fall-open/

The full text of "Every Day That I Love You" by Teresita Fernandez can be found in the anthology Ain't I a Woman: A Book of Women's Poetry From Around the World, edited by Illona Linthwaite.