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10/5/2023
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"Luke and the Frog: An American Fairytale OR What It Feels Like to Be a Parent in America" by Jasminne Mendez
On the Monday after Mother's Day, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day October 5, 2023 Luke and the Frog: An American Fairytale OR What It Feels Like to Be a Parent in America Jasminne
10/4/2023
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"poetry, like bread, is for everyone"
October 4, 2023 Hispanic Heritage Month “Ode to the Head Nod” by Elizabeth Acevedo “City Moon” by Francisco Aragón “Soy Boricua” by Giannina Braschi “if found, then measured” by Marcelo Hernandez
10/4/2023
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"a force is a push or a pull (5.8 million puerto ricans in america)" by Giovannai Rosa
inside us, the past, present, and future Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day October 4, 2023 a force is a push or a pull (5.8 million puerto ricans in america) Giovannai Rosa inside us, the
10/3/2023
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"Mujer Malvada" by Janel Pineda
I sprout from your black Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day October 3, 2023 Mujer Malvada Janel Pineda To La Siguanaba I sprout from your black waters—arms rooting to earth, bajo luna del
10/2/2023
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"Season of Grief" by Khadijah Queen
My grandmother sat at the head of her oak table Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day October 2, 2023 Season of Grief Khadijah Queen My grandmother sat at the head of her oak table one Labor
10/1/2023
10 : 24
"Autumnal" by Rubén Darío, translated by Thomas Walsh and Salomón de la Selva
In the pale afternoon the clouds go by 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
9/30/2023
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from "Everything Shimmers" by Naja Marie Aidt, translated by Susanna Nied
Then suddenly beech woods, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 30, 2023 from “Everything Shimmers” Naja Marie Aidt translated from the Danish by Susanna Nied Then suddenly beech
9/29/2023
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"Without Love" by Kitty Tsui
I cannot do without love / the way I make myself Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 29, 2023 Without Love Kitty Tsui I cannot do without love the way I make myself do without food
9/28/2023
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from "n e a r" by Genji Amino
of the let / finely // dyed a grammar Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 28, 2023 from “near” Genji Amino of the let finely dyed a grammar in that lottery staggered like moss a
9/27/2023
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"To Mars from Arizona" by Alberto Ríos
Saturday mornings were science fiction— Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 27, 2023 To Mars from Arizona Alberto Ríos Saturday mornings were science fiction— That is, on that day
9/26/2023
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"Being pregnant is a dream" by Nellie Wong
You're pregnant? / How can that be, you dead girl Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 26, 2023 Being pregnant is a dream Nellie Wong You're pregnant? How can that be, you
9/25/2023
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"Planet Dread" by Safiya Sinclair
Dreadnought, I. Dread from the sea Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 25, 2023 Planet Dread Safiya Sinclair Dreadnought, I. Dread from the sea I was drawn, I blue as dread, tender
9/24/2023
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"The Orchids" by José Santos Chocano, translated by Alice Stone Blackwell
Freaks of bright crystal, airy beauties fair, 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
9/23/2023
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"Doppelgänger" by Xavier Valcárcel, translated by Roque Raquel Salas Rivera
I did not come to solitude Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 23, 2023 Doppelgänger Xavier Valcárcel translated from the Spanish by Roque Raquel Salas Rivera I did not come to
9/22/2023
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"Oakland in Rain" by Aria Aber
Years before ever seeing California, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 22, 2023 Oakland in Rain Aria Aber Years before ever seeing California, I wrote a story titled “Oakland in
9/21/2023
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"Fugal" by Santee Frazier
A shriek, dawn-like, birdless—an ordained Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 21, 2023 Fugal Santee Frazier A shriek, dawn-like, birdless—an ordained stratum—pulsing canticle of the
9/20/2023
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"Summer is lying asleep to-day"
September 20, 2023 Hispanic Heritage Month Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, a Romantic lyric poet who is regarded as one of the first modern Spanish poets, was born on February 17, 1836, in Seville, Spain.
9/20/2023
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"My Poem Asks to Be Read Right to Left" by Catherine Chen
When the will / of one's willingness to work Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 20, 2023 My Poem Asks to Be Read Right to Left Catherine Chen An opening to a story should be
9/19/2023
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from "The World After Rain" by Canisia Lubrin
we cannot explain the world Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 19, 2023 from “The World After Rain” Canisia Lubrin we cannot explain the world, named the same as marrow beaten to
9/18/2023
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"Jurupa Hills / Riverside" by Aaron Boothby
Why so urgent to sum what's tendered Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 18, 2023 Jurupa Hills / Riverside Aaron Boothby Why so urgent to sum what's tendered season's