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12/16/2023
11 : 14
"Winter" by Anne Bradstreet
Cold, moist, young phlegmy winter 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,
12/15/2023
14 : 4
"Solstice in Truro" by Joshua Weiner
Teaching term done, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day December 13, 2023 Solstice in Truro Joshua Weiner Teaching term done, I keep my laptop shut A chill in the air runs under weak June sun
12/15/2023
13 : 54
Join us tomorrow for Gather in Poems
Join us on December 14 for a virtual reading featuring poets from our community Join us tomorrow for Gather in Poems, an evening of readings hosted in the spirit of gratitude, featuring: Elizabeth
12/15/2023
13 : 54
Join us tomorrow for Gather in Poems
December 13, 2023 Join us tomorrow at 7 pm ET for Gather in Poems, an evening of readings by Academy Chancellors and beloved poets in the community, hosted in the spirit of gratitude and a shared hope
12/15/2023
13 : 44
"Baseline" by Caleb Femi
My mother's heartbeat Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day December 14, 2023 Baseline Caleb Femi after “The First Time You Hold a Gun” My mother's heartbeat the first time I heard a
12/15/2023
13 : 26
"suffering succotash" by LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
Lillian simply feathered up her tresses. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day December 15, 2023 suffering succotash LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs Lillian simply feathered her tresses. flossy
12/12/2023
22 : 24
Dear Poet 2024 Poems and Videos Now Available
Plus find poems and lesson plans for the holidays Facebook Twitter Instagram December 2023 Every National Poetry Month we present Dear Poet, a multimedia education project that invites young people in
12/12/2023
11 : 14
"Family Secret" by Nancy Kuhl
Too many cracks precede Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day December 12, 2023 Family Secret Nancy Kuhl Too many cracks precede the spectacular breaking. Each story begins in a different dark-
12/11/2023
19 : 24
Where Poem-a-Day takes us each morning
Poetry helps us discover “imaginative worlds for the heart and mind to dwell in.” Dear Reader, I'm heartened each morning when I open my Poem-a-Day email, envisioning thousands of readers around
12/11/2023
19 : 24
What Poets.org gives to millions of readers
Poetry offers “imaginative worlds for the heart and mind to dwell in”—help the Academy of American Poets continue to serve readers in the year ahead Dear Reader, Each time I visit Poets.org, I'm
12/11/2023
11 : 14
"Ode to Goby" by Juliana Spahr
Here, floating with the water Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day December 11, 2023 Ode to Goby Juliana Spahr Here, floating with the water I escape. I float. I immerse in the richness of the
12/10/2023
11 : 14
"The Crying of Water" by Arthur Symons
O water, voice of my heart, 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
12/9/2023
11 : 14
"The Dark Cavalier" by Margaret Widdemer
I am the Dark Cavalier; I am the Last Lover: 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
12/8/2023
11 : 14
"Abracadabra" by Mia Kang
List of things to banish Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day December 8, 2023 Abracadabra Mia Kang for Erich and Patricia List of things to banish Can include words, people, theoretical
12/7/2023
11 : 14
"Hanging" by Jerome Ellison Murphy
We never let it mean by the throat, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day December 7, 2023 Hanging Jerome Ellison Murphy We never let it mean by the throat, nor even these days by a thread. Nor
12/6/2023
16 : 14
"The hereafter may not last all that long"
December 6, 2023 James Tate was born on December 8, 1943, in Kansas City, Missouri. His first collection of poems, The Lost Pilot (Yale University Press, 1967), was selected by Dudley Fitts for the
12/6/2023
11 : 14
"The Land of Nod" by Lisa Sewell
The night after she returned from the hospital Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day December 6, 2023 The Land of Nod Lisa Sewell The night after she returned from the hospital the uneven
12/5/2023
11 : 14
"(Re)location" by Kinsale Drake
Salt Lake City boasts white tabernacles, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day December 5, 2023 (Re)location Kinsale Drake Salt Lake City boasts white tabernacles, half-filled parks, a mineral
12/4/2023
11 : 14
"Learning" by Brian Blanchfield
These tall—taller than me if today I sit Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day December 4, 2023 Learning Brian Blanchfield These tall—taller than me if today I sit among them—chandelier weeds,
12/3/2023
11 : 14
"Corliss Engine" by MacKnight Black
The hours, in a long plunge, 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