American poet, Camille T Dungy and “This’ll Hurt Me More”

Irish poet, W.B. Yeats and "The Second Coming"

American poet, Maryann Corbett and “State Fair Fireworks, Labor Day”

Irish poet and essayist, Eamonn Wall and “Brewery-Millwheel-River Folly”

American poet and activist, Carolyn Forché, and her poem, "The Colonel"

British Romantic poet, William Wordsworth and "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802"

British Victorian poet and novelist, Lewis Carroll and "Jabberwocky"

American poet Mary Swander and her poem, "Letter"

American poet Patricia Smith and "10-Year-Old Shot Three Times, but She’s Fine"

American poet, Sean Hill, and "A Photograph Taken in Duluth"