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11/28/2024
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"We give because giving has changed us."

November 28, 2024 from our archive The Miracle of Giving DA Powell Twice Christ took the bread apart with his human hands that he used for such tasks, once with fish and once with wine, the grain a
11/28/2024
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"Wooden Window Frames" by Luci Tapahonso

The morning sun streams through the little kitchen's / wooden panes Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 28, 2024 Wooden Window Frames Luci Tapahonso The morning sun streams
11/27/2024
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"Meetings" by Elizabeth Woody

Twice on other travels a wolf stood in the periphery of lamplight. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 27, 2024 Meetings Elizabeth Woody Twice on other travels a wolf stood on the
11/26/2024
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"The Home of the Sacred" by Ofelia Zepeda

The “sublime landscape” is not a place to catch a glimpse. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 26, 2024 The Home of the Sacred Ofelia Zepeda Sublime landscapes were those rare places
11/25/2024
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"Delayza’s Necklace" by Max Early

We enter to sounds of bells. / The hall's warmth evokes / an imprint of my small self Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 25, 2024 Delayza's Necklace Max Early We enter to
11/24/2024
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"The Yellow Corn" by Charles G. Eastman

Come, boys, sing!–– / Sing of the yellow corn, Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue to publish the work of 260
11/23/2024
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"Thank God, I Glory in Thy Love!" by Frances Sargent Osgood

Thank God, I glory in thy love, and mine! Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue to publish the work of 260 poets
11/22/2024
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"I was built by inherited hungers. This is not a poem that names them." by Kimberly Blaeser

As a body politic we take up space in their ledgers. / Yes, my relatives are the salvage bodies of history. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 22, 2024 I was built by inherited
11/21/2024
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"What is upon us will require mercy"

November 21, 2024 national book award Congratulations to Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, winner of the 2024 National Book Award in Poetry. Read poems from Something About Living (University of Akron Press, 2024):
11/21/2024
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"As Girl" by Annie Wenstrup

At six being a girl meant Tinkerbell / nail polish and pointed, pink Barbie shoes. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 21, 2024 As Girl Annie Wenstrup At six being a girl meant
11/20/2024
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"Ars Poetica" by Kenyatta Rogers

Poems are bullshit unless they are broken / like a horse Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 20, 2024 Ars Poetica Kenyatta Rogers After Amiri Baraka and Stefania Gomez Poems are
11/19/2024
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"Personal Poem" by Esther Belin

When I walk around downtown Durango Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 19, 2024 Personal Poem Esther Belin When I walk around downtown Durango I sometimes find myself searching for
11/18/2024
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"Stories" by Amber McCrary

You are a Diné woman / A cosmic energy of earth and sky Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 18, 2024 Stories Amber McCrary You are a Diné woman A cosmic energy of earth and sky
11/17/2024
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"Sufficient" by Ina Donna Coolbrith

Citron, pomegranate, / Apricot, and peach, Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue to publish the work of 260 poets
11/16/2024
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"To Wahilla Enhotulle" by Alexander Posey

O Wind, hast thou a sigh / Robbed from her lips divine Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue to publish the work of
11/15/2024
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"Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1348" by Paisley Rekdal

What name will he call her when they meet Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 15, 2024 Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1348 Paisley Rekdal Daughter of Edward III, Joan of England,
11/15/2024
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"Legacy" by Ted Kooser

I have spent seventy years trying to persuade you, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 13, 2024 Legacy Ted Kooser I have spent seventy years trying to persuade you, to manipulate you
11/15/2024
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"Miscarriage" by Christine Stewart-Nuñez

Gauzy film between / evergreens is a web // of loss. Get closer. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 14, 2024 Miscarriage Christine Stewart-Nuñez Gauzy film between evergreens is a
11/15/2024
6 : 14

"I no longer see survival as a solitary act, but as a collective one."

November 14, 2024 native american heritage month “On the Backs of American Bison,” b: william bearhart “Songs of the Spavinaw,” Ruth Muskrat Bronson “Freeway 280,” Lorna Dee Cervantes “Leviathan,”
11/12/2024
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"𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟/Wahzhazhe/Osage" by Elise Paschen

The first language / 𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟 which Eliza, / her grandmother, spoke. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 12, 2024 𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟/Wahzhazhe/Osage Elise Paschen Wa-zha'-zhe, name of the