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9/4/2023
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"Long Week Talking" by Natalie Shapero

I am ashamed to keep thinking of death Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 4, 2023 Long Week Talking Natalie Shapero I am ashamed to keep thinking of death as a chute that connects
9/3/2023
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"The Palace-Burner" by Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt

She has been burning palaces. “To see 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
9/2/2023
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"Home" by Edgar Guest

It takes a heap o' livin' in a house t' make it home, Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue to publish
9/1/2023
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"Places" by Willyce Kim

I dreamed you. / I waited 45 years for you Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 1, 2023 Places Willyce Kim I dreamed you. I waited 45 years for you to find me. I have nothing to give
8/31/2023
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"frigates that take us lands away" by M. NourbeSe Philip

the small begin of i / in to look Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 31, 2023 frigates that take us lands away M. NourbeSe Philip After Emily Dickinson's “There is no Frigate like
8/30/2023
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"And what is it to work with love?"

August 30, 2023 Poems for Labor Day “I Want the Wide American Earth” by Carlos Bulosan “Steel” by Kwame Dawes “The Poet and His Song” by Paul Laurence Dunbar “Driving to Work is a Spiritual Experience”
8/30/2023
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"[Aeons quest eye on]" by Julie Ezelle-Patton

Aeons quest eye on / prob limp race Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 30, 2023 [Aeons quest eye on] Julie Ezelle-Patton Aeons quest eye on prob limp race Eeeee burrow @ a tomb well
8/29/2023
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"Lateral Violence" by Prageeta Sharma

First a flabby belittlement by some well-meaning Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 29, 2023 Lateral Violence Prageeta Sharma For Valorie First a flabby belittlement by some well-
8/28/2023
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"Valley Oak" by Julia Bloch

I love what my mother cannot Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 28, 2023 Valley Oak Julia Bloch I love what my mother cannot love, gray dust, fruitlike letters. I love your horribles,
8/27/2023
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"Black Earth" by Marianne Moore

Openly, yes, / with the naturalness 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
8/26/2023
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"Old Age" by Maxwell Bodenheim

In me is a little painted square 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,
8/25/2023
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One week left: Submit your manuscript to the 2024 First Book Award

The deadline for the 2024 Academy of American Poets First Book Award is Friday, September 1 The deadline for submitting to the 2024 Academy of American Poets First Book Award, judged by Victoria Chang,
8/25/2023
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"Short Talk on Pain" by Anne Carson

Lawns and fields and hills and wide old velvet Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 25, 2023 Short Talk on Pain Anne Carson Lawns and fields and hills and wide old velvet sleeves, green
8/24/2023
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"Exposition" by Lauren Russell

Each new arrival walks into an incomplete fiction. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 24, 2023 Exposition Lauren Russell Each new arrival walks into an incomplete fiction. The meaning
8/23/2023
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"How to disassemble / the sorrow of beginnings"

August 23, 2023 Beginnings Read poems considering dawn, creation, and beginnings: “The Luzumiyat of Abu'l-Ala, CXIX” by Al-Ma'arri, translated by Ameen Rihani “The Seedling” by Paul Laurence
8/23/2023
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"Three of Cups" by Gabrielle Civil

That night the vindaloo ruined my mouth Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 23, 2023 Three of Cups Gabrielle Civil for Brian D. That night the vindaloo ruined my mouth for anything but
8/22/2023
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"Agnes, a sleep" by Hannah Ensor

I walk to the podium wearing a blazer Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 22, 2023 Agnes, a sleep Hannah Ensor I walk to the podium wearing a blazer I pause within the single syllable
8/21/2023
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"Syrinx Spring" by Jennifer Scappettone

At the end of Rome the emperor Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 21, 2023 Syrinx Spring Jennifer Scappettone A fragment broken off a canary mystery play At the end of Rome the
8/20/2023
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"The Humming-Bird" by Beatrice Ravenel

The sundial makes no sign 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
8/19/2023
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"Theodore the Poet" by Edgar Lee Masters

As a boy, Theodore, you sat for long hours 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