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8/18/2023
10 : 14

"Minotaur" by Douglas Kearney

The best part, / how we make to / part the beast Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 18, 2023 Minotaur Douglas Kearney after Carl Phillips The best part, how we make to part the beast
8/17/2023
10 : 14

"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Carlos Soto-Román

Confinement is part of confinement. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 17, 2023 The Tell-Tale Heart Carlos Soto-Román Confinement is part of confinement. As it is part of worms to go
8/16/2023
15 : 14

"We travel carrying our words"

August 16, 2023 Women in Translation Month “Basanta Panchami” by Pankajini Basu translated by Lilian M. Whitehouse “Love Opened a Mortal Wound” by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz translated by Joan Larkin
8/16/2023
10 : 14

"Garden Variety with Lesbians" by Serena Chopra

You rake the soil of our verge, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 16, 2023 Garden Variety with Lesbians Serena Chopra You rake the soil of our verge, preparing our plot for summer.
8/15/2023
10 : 14

"Pottu / Dot" by Shivram Gopinath

a little red dot / is a laser pointer Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 15, 2023 Pottu / Dot Shivram Gopinath a little red dot is a laser pointer a moving target a danger button a
8/14/2023
11 : 54

"Fragments on Naturalization" by Snigdha Koirala

My father's name, my mother's name Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 10, 2023 Fragments on Naturalization Snigdha Koirala — My father's name, my mother's name I dream
8/14/2023
11 : 24

Poems and Lesson Plans for Back to School

Plus, browse more educational resources Facebook Twitter Instagram August 2023 As the summer ends and a new school year begins, share the following poems for back-to-school, and browse more kid-
8/14/2023
11 : 15

"Standing Dead" by Andrea Abi-Karam

i'm at a party / (can you believe it?) Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 11, 2023 Standing Dead Andrea Abi-Karam i'm at a party (can you believe it?) saturated w/ hyperpop
8/14/2023
10 : 55

"Rhythms (Section I)" by Charles Reznikoff

The stars are hidden, / the lights are out; 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
8/14/2023
10 : 54

"Moon Tonight" by Gwendolyn Bennett

Moon tonight, / Beloved . . . 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
8/14/2023
10 : 44

"Ode to Donor Gametes" by Robin Silbergleid

I was not thinking of Russia Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 14, 2023 Ode to Donor Gametes Robin Silbergleid I was not thinking of Russia or the Holocaust or eugenics when I picked
8/8/2023
19 : 24

"August / sunlight in your hair"

August 8, 2023 International Day Of The World's Indigenous People On December 23, 1994, the United Nations General Assembly declared August 9 as International Day of the World's Indigenous
8/8/2023
10 : 14

"Ewako" by Tanya Lukin Linklater

Ewako ôma askiy. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 8, 2023 Ewako Tanya Lukin Linklater Ewako ôma askiy. “ It's hard to translate ewako. It has a feeling in it. It's almost a
8/7/2023
10 : 14

"Names for Hunger" by Mrigaa Sethi

On the walk back from / the therapist to the office Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 7, 2023 Names for Hunger Mrigaa Sethi On the walk back from the therapist to the office you rub
8/6/2023
10 : 14

"Skull Song" by Genevieve Taggard

The skin of the sea was thick, to-night, 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
8/5/2023
10 : 14

"Senlin: A Biography (Part I, Section II)" by Conrad Aiken

It is morning, Senlin says, and in the morning 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
8/4/2023
10 : 14

"ghost canto" by Ariel Resnikoff

a list appears in parentheses Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 4, 2023 ghost canto Ariel Resnikoff for Bernadette Mayer a list appears in parentheses w every line crossed out: what
8/3/2023
10 : 14

from "outgoing tide—" by Pattie McCarthy

it has the depth of human error / I say this to myself about my face Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 3, 2023 from “outgoing tide—” Pattie McCarthy it has the depth of human error I
8/2/2023
10 : 14

"For My Cats Gaspara & Alfonsina" by Michael Leong

get up, sister, when dawn / calls to daybreak Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 2, 2023 For My Cats Gaspara & Alfonsina Michael Leong after Gaspara Stampa and Alfonsina Storni
8/1/2023
20 : 44

"Seeking, I think, a light that waits"

August 1, 2023 Poems from the Poet Laureate Fellows Read newly-added poems by the 2023 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellows. These laureates from various states, counties, and cities across the