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1/26/2024
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"Club Paradise" by Ishion Hutchinson

Early days of July, heatwave membraned Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 26, 2024 Club Paradise Ishion Hutchinson Early days of July, heatwave membraned the city, Aura and Zephyr
1/25/2024
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"In the Woods of Language, She Collects Beautiful Sticks" by Valzhyna Mort

like a snail with a shell of sticks Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 25, 2024 In the Woods of Language, She Collects Beautiful Sticks Valzhyna Mort like a snail with a shell of
1/24/2024
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"You live in the caesura of our times"

January 24, 2024 Ars Poetica Read poems meditating on the act of writing and the art of poetry: “The Prestige” by Hanif Abdurraqib “Poetry is This Screaming Madwoman” by Giannina Braschi “Ars Poetica (
1/24/2024
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"Interview" by Jordan Kapono Nakamura

I want this job because Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 24, 2024 Interview Jordan Kapono Nakamura I want this job because it sounds like something I could do and I'm hungry,
1/23/2024
17 : 14

"To the Air" by Myronn Hardy

His fisherman's cap / is gray as is the sea Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 23, 2024 To the Air Myronn Hardy His fisherman's cap is gray as is the sea where he stares. He
1/22/2024
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"The Lost Breath of Trees" by Colleen J. McElroy

in the days before urban sprawl this town Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 22, 2024 The Lost Breath of Trees Colleen J. McElroy an oratorio for vanishing voices, collapsing
1/21/2024
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"The Quids" by Laura Riding Jackson

The little quids, the million quids, 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
1/20/2024
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"To a Snowflake" by Francis Thompson

What heart could have thought you?— 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
1/19/2024
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"Dead Boy" by Mutsuo Takahashi, translated by Jeffrey Angles

I am a boy, having never known love, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 19, 2024 Dead Boy Mutsuo Takahashi translated from the Japanese by Jeffrey Angles I am a boy, having never
1/18/2024
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Deadline approaching: Apply for the 2024 Guggenheim Poet-in-Residence position by January 31, 2024

Applications accepted online through January 31 for a poet with an interest in art and public engagement Facebook Twitter Instagram Poets: Apply for the 2024 Guggenheim Poet-in-Residence position
1/18/2024
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"Montpeyroux Sonnets" by Marilyn Hacker

Tired of asparagus and aubergines, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 18, 2024 Montpeyroux Sonnets Marilyn Hacker For Julie Fay Tired of asparagus and aubergines, tired of tomatoes,
1/17/2024
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"The grieving have only the unknown."

January 17, 2024 Poems on Grief and Grieving “I Suffer a Phobia Called Hope” by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat “Black Snow [I came home]” by Carl Adamshick “A Great Beauty” by Cyrus Cassells “Aspen Tree” by Paul
1/17/2024
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"And You . . ." by Jason Allen-Paisant

a walk in a midwinter ochre wood Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 17, 2024 And You . . . Jason Allen-Paisant a walk in a midwinter ochre wood to get some england sun as it steals
1/16/2024
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From “Party Politics” by Kyle Carrero Lopez

I've crashed a party with an infinity pool Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 16, 2024 Phragmites Kyle Carrero Lopez I've crashed a party with an infinity pool and several
1/15/2024
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"Hermaphrodite" by Rickey Laurentiis

All Eyes on Earth be urgently Attracted to Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 15, 2024 Hermaphrodite Rickey Laurentiis All Eyes on Earth be urgently Attracted to that Hermaphroditic
1/14/2024
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"The Habit of Perfection" by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Elected Silence, sing to me 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, and
1/13/2024
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"Genius Loci" by Sir Geoffrey Hill

Music's poltergeist among the grand spirits, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 13, 2024 Genius Loci Sir Geoffrey Hill im DSCH I Music's poltergeist among the grand spirits,
1/12/2024
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"Clarity" by Vievee Francis

Sorrow, O sorrow, moves like a loose flock Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 12, 2024 Clarity Vievee Francis Sorrow, O sorrow, moves like a loose flock of blackbirds sweeping over
1/12/2024
9 : 34

"The Lord’s Corner" by Tyree Daye

I would drop to my knees for the littlest things Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 10, 2024 The Lord's Corner Tyree Daye I would drop to my knees for the littlest things mind
1/12/2024
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"Piece by piece we stitch ourselves back together"

January 10, 2024 Poems in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “The America I Know Could Use a Good Cry” by Marcus Amaker “Black Dandelion” by Semaj Brown “Invitation to Love” by Paul Laurence Dunbar “