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12/2/2023
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"[There is no Life or Death,]" by Mina Loy
There is no Life or Death, 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
12/1/2023
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"Thank You" by Ira Sadoff
Why not a meadow? Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day December 1, 2023 Thank You Ira Sadoff Why not a meadow? Why not a little clearing and a stream to wade in? Why not take our pants off, a
11/30/2023
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Join us on December 14 for Gather in Poems
Join us for a virtual reading featuring beloved poets from our community Join us for Gather in Poems, an evening of readings hosted in the spirit of gratitude, featuring: Elizabeth Acevedo Kwame Dawes
11/30/2023
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"Funeral for Unreturned Ashes" by Travis Chi Wing Lau
sent regrets by smoke Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 30, 2023 Funeral for Unreturned Ashes Travis Chi Wing Lau sent regrets by smoke // dull coatings of a time // now ambered //
11/29/2023
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"What must you admit, really, to be free?"
November 29, 2023 Rickey Laurentiis “Because I should've wrote this years ago, I'm crying. So what my slow failure pass the years Make me be crying. So what in Bethlehem I tried to push so much
11/29/2023
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"Corsair" by Cyrus Cassells and Brian Turner
Remember, every lover is a corsair seeking glory, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 29, 2023 Corsair Cyrus Cassells, Brian Turner Remember, every lover is a corsair seeking glory,
11/28/2023
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"Nostalgia" by Matthew Minicucci
The worst part of it is that I've forgotten your face. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 28, 2023 Nostalgia Matthew Minicucci The worst part of it is that I've forgotten
11/27/2023
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"East of Wyoming, I Remember Matthew Shepherd" by Ruben Quesada
The night my father died, I sat on a stool Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 27, 2023 East of Wyoming, I Remember Matthew Shepherd Ruben Quesada After The Entombment by Raphael The
11/26/2023
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"The Mountains" by D'Arcy McNickle
There is snow, now— / A thing of silent creeping— 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
11/25/2023
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"To the Miscodeed" by Jane Johnston Schoolcraft
Sweet pink of northern wood and glen, 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
11/24/2023
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Academy of American Poets Holiday Gift Guide
Our partners, sponsors, and advertisers present some of their offerings to help celebrate the holidays with the poets and readers in your life. View this email in your browser 2023 Holiday Gift Guide
11/24/2023
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"The Last Orgasm" by Tobias Wray
Stars and people and daffodils won't last forever. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 24, 2023 The Last Orgasm Tobias Wray Stars and people and daffodils won't last forever.
11/23/2023
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"Bicuspid" by Clemonce Heard
Of course the moment your parents mentally divorce Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 23, 2023 Bicuspid Clemonce Heard Of course the moment your parents mentally divorce a baby gap
11/22/2023
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"The warplanes echoed across the heavens"
November 22, 2023 Mosab Abu Taha “What is home: it is the shade of trees on my way to school before they were uprooted.” Mosab Abu Toha is a Palestinian poet and the author of Things You May Find
11/22/2023
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"The Specious Present" by Catherine Barnett
I stared at the tiny xeroxed faces Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 22, 2023 The Specious Present Catherine Barnett I stared at the tiny xeroxed faces we wore like blurry jokes
11/21/2023
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"A Marriage at Ancestral Hall in Sun Village" by Shelley Wong
She will never return home. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 21, 2023 A Marriage at Ancestral Hall in Sun Village Shelley Wong She will never return home. In their first meeting,
11/20/2023
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"What I Was Looking For" by Kathy Fagan
were the unsent letters she'd left me years ago Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 20, 2023 What I Was Looking For Kathy Fagan were the unsent letters she'd left me years
11/19/2023
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"A Vision of the End" by Too-qua-stee
I once beheld the end of time! 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,
11/18/2023
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"The Indian’s Awakening" by Zitkála-Šá
I snatch at my eagle plumes and long hair. 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
11/17/2023
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"The Earthlings" by Matthew Olzmann
The Earthlings arrived unannounced, entered Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 17, 2023 The Earthlings Matthew Olzmann The Earthlings arrived unannounced, entered without knocking,