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11/17/2023
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"Far Away" by Matt W. Miller

The first cold rains scurry down the gold Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 15, 2023 Far Away Matt W. Miller The first cold rains scurry down the gold tipped September elms. I know
11/17/2023
3 : 6

"we will find ourselves on deck bowing, curtseying to each other"

November 15, 2023 “In Shiatsu the high seas of pressure points woo him, how touch restores, relieves, cures, resets the knee, a child who sometimes lived in cars, taught himself to play guitar,
11/17/2023
2 : 54

"Without Reparations" by Lupita Eyde-Tucker

Land slit like a throat, life poured out Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 16, 2023 Without Reparations Lupita Eyde-Tucker “In 2015, the Spanish Parliament [. . .] enacted a law
11/14/2023
11 : 14

"A Massive Aquarium Holding 1,500 Tropical Fish Bursts" by Sarah Audsley

& each fish feels solid land before its gills Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 14, 2023 A Massive Aquarium Holding 1500 Tropical Fish Bursts Sarah Audsley & each fish
11/13/2023
11 : 24

"Faith" by SM Stubbs

For centuries, an order of Japanese monks Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 13, 2023 Faith SM Stubbs For centuries, an order of Japanese monks chose one of the elders to deliver
11/12/2023
11 : 24

"The Bluebird" by Alexander Posey

A winged bit of Indian sky 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
11/11/2023
11 : 24

"Fallen Leaves" by Mary Cornelia Hartshorne

Many times in my life I have heard the white sages, 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
11/10/2023
11 : 14

"I love you. I miss you. Please get out of my house." by Donika Kelly

Nothing today hasn't happened before: Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 10, 2023 I love you. I miss you. Please get out of my house. Donika Kelly Nothing today hasn't
11/9/2023
14 : 14

Poems for Native American Heritage Month, & More

Plus lesson plans and poems for Thanksgiving Facebook Twitter Instagram November 2023 November is Native American Heritage Month. Celebrate with the following poems, and browse more Native American
11/9/2023
11 : 14

"The Miracle of Giving" by D. A. Powell

Twice Christ took the bread apart Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 9, 2023 The Miracle of Giving DA Powell Twice Christ took the bread apart with his human hands that he used for
11/8/2023
18 : 24

"Write in this vein. In this terror."

November 8, 2023 David Drake, also known as “Dave the Potter,” was born in c. 1800, possibly to parents who had trained as potters in West Africa, as Atlantic slave traders frequently kidnapped skilled
11/8/2023
11 : 24

"Frog" by Flower Conroy

Pocket pet of witches, reincarnated child souls, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 8, 2023 Frog Flower Conroy Pocket pet of witches, reincarnated child souls, most toxic augers of
11/7/2023
11 : 24

"Hoof" by Donna Spruijt-Metz

Is it that I have had a richness Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 7, 2023 Hoof Donna Spruijt-Metz —after Psalm 89, lines 26–35 Is it that I have had a richness of choices, have I
11/6/2023
11 : 24

"My Poisonous Cousin the Pipevine Swallowtail" by Amy Beeder

come again in summer, larvae ravening the bitter vine Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 6, 2023 My Poisonous Cousin the Pipevine Swallowtail Amy Beeder come again in summer, larvae
11/5/2023
11 : 14

"The Arid Land" by Lynn Riggs

There will be willows plunging 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,
11/4/2023
10 : 14

"Sippokni Sia" by Winnie Lewis Gravitt

I am old, Sippokni sia. 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 share
11/3/2023
10 : 14

"Cold War" by Randall Mann

Because you're twenty-two, and in your prime, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 3, 2023 Cold War Randall Mann If you can remember the cold war, you're too old for me. —
11/2/2023
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Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years by Joy Harjo

Sponsored by WW Norton Copyright © 2023 The Academy of American Poets, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: The Academy of
11/2/2023
10 : 24

"Galleria Ode" by Patrick Phillips

Something is there that doesn't love the mall Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 2, 2023 Galleria Ode Patrick Phillips Something there is that doesn't love the mall where we
11/1/2023
15 : 44

"Someone has to make it out alive, sang a grandfather"

November 1, 2023 Native American Heritage Month “To See as Far as the Grandfather World” by Ray Young Bear “No More Fire Here: A Sestina” by b: william bearhart “Housing Conditions of One Hundred Fifty