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2/5/2024
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"'Integrated School Books' Arpeggio" by A. Van Jordan

On the cover, Negro men playing checkers Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 5, 2024 “Integrated School Books” Arpeggio A. Van Jordan The Crisis Magazine, June 1967 On the cover,
2/4/2024
11 : 34

"Stars in Alabama" by Jessie Redmon Fauset

In Alabama Stars / hang down so low, 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
2/3/2024
11 : 14

"Sport" by Langston Hughes

Life / For him / Must be 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
2/2/2024
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"Calculus I, II, III" by Brad Walrond

man hooded masquerade / a museum erected Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 2, 2024 Calculus I, II, III Brad Walrond man hooded masquerade a museum erected out of paper-mâché stone,
2/1/2024
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"Counsel to a Bridegroom" by Bala Saho

Nderi oh. Nderi Kumba Mbayi! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 1, 2024 Counsel to a Bridegroom Bala Saho translated from the Mandinka by Bala Saho Nderi oh. Nderi Kumba Mbayi! I am
1/31/2024
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"There is no mortal art / Can overcome Time’s deep, corroding rust"

January 31, 2024 Sonnets “I Buy My Monster Roses” by Diannely Antigua “Love Poem in the Black Field” by Ariana Benson “Sheep in Winter” by John Clare “American Sonnet (10)” by Wanda Coleman “American
1/31/2024
11 : 14

"[Song into holiness]" by Jay Wright

Song into holiness, / the sister has written Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 31, 2024 [Song into holiness] Jay Wright Song into holiness, the sister has written her book— nothing
1/30/2024
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"My face is an iteration, but the song in my belly is ancestral" by Mahogany L. Browne

The Slave Castle in Elmina isn't as beautiful Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 30, 2024 My face is an iteration, but the song in my belly is ancestral Mahogany L. Browne The
1/29/2024
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"First South" by Melissa Range

Of course, they were first— Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 29, 2024 First South Melissa Range The First South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment, organized in August 1862 Of
1/28/2024
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"Projector" by H. D.

Light takes new attribute 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
1/27/2024
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"Love’s Growth" by John Donne

I scarce believe my love to be so pure 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
1/26/2024
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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