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Working Class Poems
paired with each poem are photographs/paintings/ads/etc.
that represent the poem
this site is a compilation of poems that reflect diverse experiences in the American Working Class
POEMS
So Mexicans are Taking Jobs from Americans
-Jimmy Santiago Baca
Imagine the Angels of Bread
-Martín Espada
Night Funeral in Harlem
-Langston Hughes
Bread & Roses
-James Oppenheim
Peaches
-Adrienne Su
The Bra Factory
-Sandee Gertz Umbach
Pork Rinds and Watered Rice
-Khaty Xiong
The Telephonist
-Susan Yuzna
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