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2/29/2024
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“‘Thhhat was great’” by Hayes Davis
So much order you've imposed: perfectly-folded Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 29, 2024 “Thhhat was great” Hayes Davis My Stutter Speaks, Pt. 6 So much order you've
2/28/2024
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"If a black man couldn’t be happy here, where could he?"
February 28, 2024 Anthony Walton was born in Aurora, Illinois, in 1960 and was raised in Aurora and Batavia, Illinois. He has published one volume of poetry, Cricket Weather (Blackberry Books, 1995),
2/28/2024
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"Walking Beside the Cemetery, Olivia Street, Key West" by Jacqueline Allen Trimble
In Key West, the living surround the dead, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 28, 2024 Walking Beside the Cemetery, Olivia Street, Key West Jacqueline Allen Trimble The City
2/27/2024
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"Incognito Grief: A Blues" by Allison Joseph
Who knows the secrets in my gaze? Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 27, 2024 Incognito Grief: A Blues Allison Joseph Who knows the secrets in my gaze? What holds me back when I
2/26/2024
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"Migraines have their say" by Teri Ellen Cross Davis
You could write about the windows / all nine of them. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 26, 2024 Migraines have their say Teri Ellen Cross Davis Whitney cottage, Hermitage Artist
2/25/2024
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"Sonnet" by Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.
I would not tarry if I could be gone 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
2/24/2024
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"The Black Man’s Bit" by Leslie Pinckney Hill
O there's talk from school to pulpit, 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
2/23/2024
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"Wild Beauty" by jessica Care moore
Such a wild beauty / extracted from black ashes (echo) Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 23, 2024 Wild Beauty jessica Care moore Such a wild beauty extracted from black ashes (echo
2/22/2024
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"oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé" by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
teach your daughters / to sing the song backwards Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 22, 2024 oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé Alexis Pauline Gumbs teach your daughters to sing the song
2/21/2024
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"How would you have us, as we are?"
February 21, 2024 Celebrating Black History Month “The Tradition” by Jericho Brown “Joy” by Clarissa Scott Delany “A Negro Love Song” by Paul Laurence Dunbar “You Are Who I Love” by Aracelis Girmay “
2/21/2024
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From "Tempest" by Roberto Carlos Garcia
[[caliban:] / some days raft / some days tire Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 21, 2024 From “Tempest” Roberto Carlos Garcia caliban lies face down on a cot in a 6 x 9 x 12 jail
2/20/2024
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"Everybody’s Autobiography" by Tracy K. Smith
I find myself most alone Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 20, 2024 Everybody's Autobiography Tracy K. Smith I find myself most alone When I believe I am striving for glory.
2/19/2024
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"Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku'" by Tony Medina
If every bomb / Appeared in the sky a dove Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 19, 2024 Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku Tony Medina If every bomb Appeared in the sky a dove Shrapnel into
2/19/2024
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"Saturday Class: Janie Crawford is Grown" by Kelly Norman Ellis
In class today, / We mused on Janie and Tea Cake Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 14, 2024 Saturday Class: Janie Crawford is Grown Kelly Norman Ellis In class today, We mused on
2/19/2024
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"Your voice is the color of a robin’s breast"
February 14, 2024 Valentine's Day “Sink Your Fingers into the Darkness of my Fur” by Ellen Bass “Secret” by Gwendolyn Bennett “Heart to Heart” by Rita Dove “Friends with No Benefits” by Megan
2/19/2024
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"Gills" by Rain Prud’homme-Cranford
We must have gills / hidden under keloid skin, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 15, 2024 Gills Rain Prud'homme-Cranford We must have gills hidden under keloid skin, because
2/19/2024
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From "The Stuff of Hollywood" by Niki Herd
After ice cream. Somewhere off Clear Creek & / 196. Makeshift sign. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 16, 2024 From “The Stuff of Hollywood” Niki Herd After ice cream.
2/19/2024
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"Going to the Picnic" by Julius C. Wright
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2/19/2024
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"The Octoroon" by Georgia Douglas Johnson
One drop of midnight in the dawn 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,
2/13/2024
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"[poets in their bassinets]" by Lucille Clifton
poets in their bassinets Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 13, 2024 [poets in their bassinets] Lucille Clifton poets in their bassinets dream a splendid woman holding over their