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8/8/2023
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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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
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"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
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