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3/13/2024
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"Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for Our First Home)" by Patrick Rosal

Here is our little yard // too small for a pool Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 13, 2024 Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for Our First Home) Patrick Rosal to Mary Rose Here is our
3/12/2024
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There are six weeks left to participate in Dear Poet!

Celebrate National Poetry Month by teaching living poets Facebook Twitter Instagram The deadline to submit to Dear Poet is six weeks away! Every National Poetry Month, we present Dear Poet, a
3/12/2024
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Join us on March 19 for "Making the Invisible Visible: Some Thoughts on Poetry & Science," the 2024 Blaney Lecture by Jane Hirshfield

On March 19, join us for the 2024 Blaney Lecture on Contemporary Poetry & Poetics Join us for the 2024 Blaney Lecture on Contemporary Poetry & Poetics: “Making the Invisible Visible: Some
3/12/2024
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"This Too Shall Pass" by Kim Addonizio

was no consolation to the woman Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 12, 2024 This Too Shall Pass Kim Addonizio was no consolation to the woman whose husband was strung out on opioids.
3/11/2024
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"You’re the Top" by Ellen Bass

Last night I get all the way to Ocean Street Extension, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 11, 2024 You're the Top Ellen Bass Last night I get all the way to Ocean Street Extension
3/10/2024
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"The Alpine Sheep" by Maria White Lowell

When on my ear your loss was knelled, 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
3/9/2024
11 : 24

"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
11 : 24

"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
11 : 4

"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
11 : 4

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