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5/18/2024
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"Night-Piece" by Solomon ibn Gabirol, translated by Emma Lazarus
Night, and the heavens beam serene with peace, 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
5/17/2024
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"We Live We Live" by Brandy Nālani McDougall
You were killed today December 7th Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 15, 2024 We Live We Live Brandy Nālani McDougall For Palestinian poet Reefat Alareer, with lines from his poems We
5/17/2024
12 : 55
"I am the blossom pressed in a book"
May 15, 2024 may birthdays “Return” by Sterling A. Brown (May 1, 1901) “Gitanjali 81” by Rabindranath Tagore (May 7, 1861) “In the Evening” by Fenton Johnson (May 7, 1888) “Four Poems for Robin” by
5/17/2024
12 : 54
"Tiananmen Square, 1989" by Marisa Lin
there are stars in their caps, soldiers Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 16, 2024 Tiananmen Square, 1989 Marisa Lin there are stars in their caps, soldiers crouched as if the
5/17/2024
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"Duplex for the Sick & Tired" by Kay Ulanday Barrett
A poem can spasm, stretch, but it can let salve in. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 17, 2024 Duplex for the Sick & Tired Kay Ulanday Barrett after Jericho Brown A poem can spasm,
5/14/2024
13 : 4
Starting May 22: Sophus Helle on Gilgamesh
Join a community of readers around the world for a one-of-a-kind literary course “I see [Gilgamesh] as a composite entity. I see it as a place where all sorts of things, all sorts of voices, all sorts
5/14/2024
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"When The World Falls in Around You or, Vows to My Palestinian Wife on Our Wedding Day" by Lehua Taitano
We on the sea cliff all / thrill at December's licking / wind Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 14, 2024 When The World Falls in Around You or, Vows to My Palestinian Wife on Our
5/13/2024
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"Te Uto O Te Ika A Maaui / Te Utu O Te Motu A Maui" by essa may ranapiri
the big fish i live on writhes Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 13, 2024 Te Utu O Te Ika A Maaui / Te Utu O Te Motu A Maui essa may ranapiri the big fish i live on writhes knowing its
5/12/2024
10 : 24
"Green Burial Unsonnet" by Dante Di Stefano
In the milliseconds & minutes & 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 each
5/11/2024
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"Songs to the Peonies Sung to the Air: 'Peaceful Brightness'" by Li Bai, translated by Florence Wheelock Ayscough
The many-coloured clouds make me think of her upper garments, Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue to publish the
5/10/2024
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"Doodh Pitthi // Cidium" by Chandanie Somwaru
call it // cauldron // earth of winter // cut into // Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 10, 2024 Doodh Pitthi // Cidium Chandanie Somwaru call it // cauldron // earth of winter // cut
5/9/2024
20 : 44
Poems for Mother's Day & Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
Plus browse poems for graduation Facebook Twitter Instagram May 2024 poems to read and share Mother's Day is May 12. Celebrate with kid-friendly poems about mothers and motherhood: “From
5/9/2024
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"Siri as Mother" by Hala Alyan
Were you hoping for a myth? Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 9, 2024 Siri as Mother Hala Alyan Were you hoping for a myth? The fleck of lipstick on a warm glass, soap suds, a vocal fry
5/8/2024
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"And as we forgot the dark, we forgot even the rain"
May 8, 2024 asian / pacific american heritage month “My Father's Accent” by Kaveh Akbar “Even the Rain” by Agha Shahid Ali “Ode to Anger” by Marilyn Chin “Seawall soliloquy number two: she built a
5/8/2024
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"[ode to the water beneath Kapūkakī also known as Red Hill]" by Jake Eduardo Vermaas
this week i was becoming Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 8, 2024 [ode to the water beneath Kapūkakī also known as Red Hill] Jake Eduardo Vermaas “How ashamed water is to be what you
5/7/2024
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"harvest" by Angela Peñaredondo
i brace her leaves upward Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 7, 2024 harvest Angela Peñaredondo i brace her leaves upward / weeping ritual / what others sense as earthen rot / filth from
5/6/2024
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"First Time Brushing Teeth Next to You" by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
When I say first time, that implies Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 6, 2024 First Time Brushing Teeth Next to You Aimee Nezhukumatathil When I say first time, that implies there will
5/5/2024
10 : 24
"Borrow" by Sarah McCartt-Jackson
We borrow from the land what we can but cannot 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
5/4/2024
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"Nachum: Spring Songs" by Moses ibn Ezra
Now the dreary winter's over, 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 each year,
5/3/2024
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"He Mea Māloʻeloʻe #3" by Donovan Kūhiō Colleps
I cannot draw a line beyond your names, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 3, 2024 He Mea Māloʻeloʻe #3 Donovan Kūhiō Colleps to my kūpuna, Kaahanui & Pelekanoho I cannot draw a line