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8/1/2023
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"Poem Without Love" by Tarfia Faizullah
You hurt my feelings I say to the trees. / You never Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 1, 2023 Poem Without Love Tarfia Faizullah You hurt my feelings I say to the trees. You never
7/31/2023
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"Forest Starships" by Petra Kuppers
Bats watched them fall, cupped like tiny palms, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 31, 2023 Forest Starships Petra Kuppers (while wandering in the forest at Indian Point, Ellsworth,
7/30/2023
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"All Souls’ Day in a German Town" by Margaret Fairless Barber
The leaves fall softly: a wind of sighs 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
7/29/2023
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"Faces in the Street" by Henry Lawson
They lie, the men who tell us in a loud decisive tone 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
7/28/2023
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"The Earth" by Sheila Black
What can I tell her over breakfast when she says Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 28, 2023 The Earth Sheila Black What can I tell her over breakfast when she says her son suffers from
7/27/2023
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"Louise" by Tala Khanmalek
Dedamet. I saw you, after the first flush of blooms. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 27, 2023 Louise Tala Khanmalek Dedamet. I saw you, after the first flush of blooms. I was picking
7/26/2023
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"The Bearing Edge" by Ralph James Savarese
My son starts every conversation Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 26, 2023 The Bearing Edge Ralph James Savarese For DJ My son starts every conversation with the statement “I love you
7/25/2023
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Announcing the 2023 Poet Laureate Fellows
July 25, 2023 The Academy of American Poets Awards $1.1 Million to 23 Poets Laureate Across the United States Twenty-three poets laureate of states, counties, and cities across the nation will each
7/25/2023
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"Otters" by Raymond Luczak
in a documentary / they dove in Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 25, 2023 Otters Raymond Luczak Raymond Luczak performs his ASL poem “Otters,” with voiceover and subtitles in English
7/24/2023
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"My Friend, Her Grandson" by Pia Täavila-Borsheim
The wind is blue. / Blue, the boy tells me. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 24, 2023 My Friend, Her Grandson Pia Täavila-Borsheim Brigantine Beach I. The wind is blue. Blue, the boy
7/23/2023
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"The Author’s Picture" by Thomas Blacklock
While in my matchless graces wrapt I stand, 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
7/22/2023
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"On the Death of Sir Erasmus Philips" by Anna Williams
Why dash the floods! What cries my soul affright! 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
7/21/2023
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"Wail" by Johnson Cheu
There are glaciers, imposing, yet shrinking. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 21, 2023 Wail Johnson Cheu for the young who ask, “How did you learn to like yourself?” There are
7/20/2023
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"The Genie Speaks" by Nathan Spoon
I will start again tomorrow, after waking under Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 20, 2023 The Genie Speaks Nathan Spoon I will start again tomorrow, after waking under the fingernails
7/19/2023
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"The Caseworker Speaks of a Good Fit" by DJ Savarese
Morning laps at its bowl of water. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 19, 2023 The Caseworker Speaks of a Good Fit DJ Savarese Morning laps at its bowl of water. The lake eagerly greets
7/18/2023
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"During drought, the heat becomes a devil girl with oven-red lips"
July 18, 2023 Summer Poems With the dog days of summer now upon us, embrace the swelter with these poems from Poets.org: “Poem in July” by Samuel Amadon “They'll Spend the Summer” by Joshua Beckman
7/18/2023
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"Parasitoid" by Frank Gallimore
Her father said don't stay out late, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 18, 2023 Parasitoid Frank Gallimore Her father said don't stay out late, his hand too long on her
7/17/2023
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"Ship/Plum" by Maija Haavisto
the ears lie but claim Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 17, 2023 Ship/Plum Maija Haavisto the ears lie but claim the eyes lie or perhaps the body either way the world is a ship I call
7/16/2023
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"Stability Is a Feeling" by Nazifa Islam
I am doing nothing with my exile / of a life. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 12, 2023 Stability Is a Feeling Nazifa Islam a found poem: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath I am
7/16/2023
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Poems for summer
Plus, browse lesson plans and resources Facebook Twitter Instagram July 2023 Poems for Summer Happy Summer! Browse kid-friendly poems about summer and travel by poets such as Nikki Giovanni, Li Po,