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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
11 : 14
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
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"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 “
1/12/2024
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"Giornata, IV" by Gregory Pardlo
An old husband's tale reckons Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 11, 2024 Giornata 4 Gregory Pardlo An old husband's tale reckons that witches are children of sexless angels
1/9/2024
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"This dark is the same dark as when you close" by R. A. Villanueva
your eyes I whisper to our son while he Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 9, 2024 This dark is the same dark as when you close RA Villanueva your eyes I whisper to our son while he
1/8/2024
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"Somewhere Everywhere" by Margo Berdeshevsky
And the fireflies cried. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 8, 2024 Somewhere Everywhere Margo Berdeshevsky “I will take with me the emptiness of my hands What you do not have you
1/7/2024
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From "The Land" [Shepherds and stars are quiet with the hills] by Vita Sackville-West
Shepherds and stars are quiet with the hills. 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
1/6/2024
11 : 24
"Furry Bear" by A. A. Milne
If I were a bear, / And a big bear too, 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
1/5/2024
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"Jesus in the Wilderness" by Malika Booker
I know you were weary those forty days Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 5, 2024 Jesus in the Wilderness Malika Booker 1.Temptation I know you were weary those forty days in the
1/4/2024
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"Sojourner" by Marie-Ovide Dorcely
For the tread, / I am a farmer woman Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 4, 2024 Sojourner Marie-Ovide Dorcely For the tread, I am a farmer woman From another field— Hymn rise, fervid
1/3/2024
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"I make peace with this being a beginning"
January 3, 2024 Beginnings Consider the new month and year with these poems reflecting on beginnings: “It's 6 am & the Sun Is Out” by KB Brookins “The Seedling” by Paul Laurence Dunbar “To the
1/3/2024
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"Peridot" by Richard Scott
O for a few more of those pre-trauma days, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 3, 2024 Peridot Richard Scott after Arthur Rimbaud and Wyatt Mason O for a few more of those pre-trauma