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3/9/2024
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"A Southern Night" by Matthew Arnold
The sandy spits, the shore-lock'd lakes, / Melt into open, moonlit sea; Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue
3/8/2024
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"Emesis" by Keetje Kuipers
From her perch on the docent's gloved wrist, she / watches us Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 8, 2024 Emesis Keetje Kuipers From her perch on the docent's gloved wrist, she
3/7/2024
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Poems for Women's History Month
Plus, plan ahead for National Poetry Month Facebook Twitter Instagram March 2024 March is Women's History Month—this month and year-round, celebrate with the following classic and contemporary
3/7/2024
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"ectopic" by Tyler Mills
In diagrams, there's one on either side of Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 7, 2024 ectopic Tyler Mills In diagrams, there's one on either side of the uterus. But they float
3/6/2024
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"We, too, are made of wonders"
March 6, 2024 In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa Arching under the night sky inky with black expansiveness, we point to the planets we know, we pin quick wishes on stars. Congratulations to US
3/6/2024
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"After Bob Across the Street Fires His Gun at a Tree to Scare Off a Raccoon While My Son and I Walk, Rachel Shows Me Night Heron Chicks" by Avni Vyas
That ants still emerge from a jasmine bloom Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 6, 2024 After Bob Across the Street Fires His Gun at a Tree to Scare Off a Raccoon While My Son and I
3/5/2024
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"One Cup of Chai" by Preeti Vangani
If I had known that the cup of chai Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 5, 2024 One Cup of Chai Preeti Vangani If I had known that the cup of chai my mother asked me, a drifter in the
3/4/2024
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"Abecedarian on the Good Father" by Keith Leonard
As he holds his wife's hand, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 4, 2024 Abecedarian on the Good Father Keith Leonard As he holds his wife's hand, the nurse tells him to breathe
3/3/2024
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"To the Dandelion" by James Russell Lowell
Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way, 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
3/2/2024
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From “An Epistle” by Emma Lazarus
Master and Sage, greetings and health to thee, 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
3/1/2024
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"Blessing the Baby" by Diannely Antigua
When my upstairs neighbor invites me to her baby shower, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 1, 2024 Blessing the Baby Diannely Antigua When my upstairs neighbor invites me to her baby
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