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4/2/2023
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"Youth and Age" by Khalil Gibran

In my youth the heart of dawn was in my heart, and the songs of April were in my ears. Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. In honor of National Poetry Month, please consider
4/1/2023
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"[When night draws on, remembering keeps me wakeful]" by al-Khansāʾ

When night draws on, remembering keeps me wakeful Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. In honor of National Poetry Month, please consider making a gift to help cover the costs of
3/31/2023
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Celebrate National Poetry Month This April

On the Road to National Poetry Month Tomorrow, April 1, marks the beginning of the twenty-seventh annual National Poetry Month, an occasion established by the Academy of American Poets in 1996 to
3/31/2023
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"anti poetica" by Danez Smith

who cares how long i've spent with my poems Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 31, 2023 anti poetica Danez Smith who cares how long i've spent with my poems—those shit psalms
3/30/2023
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"On moving" by Jane Huffman

Like butter, gone. I'm moving on, because it would be ludicrous to stay. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 30, 2023 On Moving Jane Huffman Like butter, gone. I'm moving on,
3/30/2023
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Can we harness the unsayable?

In finding words for what feels impossible to express, poetry plays an invaluable role in our lives as individuals and in helping us connect Dear Reader, “I didn't sign up for anything limited when
3/29/2023
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"Horse" by Lisa Olstein

I became his / horse meaning Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 29, 2023 Horse Lisa Olstein I became his horse meaning for a minute there I looked promising like a winner might just
3/28/2023
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let the process of shedding / be joyous in its eternity.

March 28, 2023 Existential Poems “I Was Told the Sunlight Was a Cure” by Hanif Abdurraqib “Some Microbes” by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat “You remember the feeling but not what made you feel that way” by
3/28/2023
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"Mouth" by Dana Roeser

Your mouth was a torment to me Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 28, 2023 Mouth Dana Roeser Your mouth was a torment to me and I came within a hair of telling you so. Your laughing
3/27/2023
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"Ubi Sunt" by Virginia Konchan

Where are the good ones: / the beautiful, strong, and Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 27, 2023 Ubi Sunt Virginia Konchan Where are the good ones: the beautiful, strong, and virtuous
3/26/2023
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"Our Casuarina Tree" by Toru Dutt

Like a huge Python, winding round and round 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
3/25/2023
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"To a Daisy" by Alice Meynell

Slight as thou art, thou art enough to hide, 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
3/24/2023
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"The Moon Is in Labor" by Gail Wronsky

At least she's pretending to be, / in sisterly solidarity. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 24, 2023 The Moon Is in Labor Gail Wronsky At least she's pretending to be, in
3/23/2023
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Andrew Bird, Daniel Dae Kim, Ada Limón, Shantell Martin, and more will share poems for National Poetry Month on April 26

See the full line-up of luminaries from across the arts and culture joining us for our annual virtual gala, free to attend View this email in your browser Register to Attend Copyright © 2023 The
3/23/2023
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"A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows from a Drain" by Regan Good

You say your sunflowers are fifteen feet tall? Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 23, 2023 A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows from a Drain Regan Good You say your sunflowers are fifteen
3/22/2023
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"Snail-Picking" by Onyedikachi Chinedu

The weatherman reports rain Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 22, 2023 Snail-Picking Onyedikachi Chinedu The weatherman reports rain to a crew of snail-pickers through an old TV. They
3/21/2023
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Join us for the Blaney Lecture

March 21, 2023 Spring Equinox “Near the End of April” by William Stanley Braithwaite “Cherry blossoms” by Toi Derricotte “When the Green Lies over the Earth” by Angelina Weld Grimké “Easter” by Emily
3/21/2023
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"Holocene Sonnet" by Lisa Fay Coutley

i) The bloom—the pretty part we want—is Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 21, 2023 Holocene Sonnet Lisa Fay Coutley i) The bloom—the pretty part we want—is ii) often how a threatened
3/20/2023
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"Description of Symptoms" by Allison Benis White

Now my hands buried / in my hair, resting on piano keys Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 20, 2023 Description of Symptoms Allison Benis White Now my hands buried in my hair, resting
3/19/2023
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"Rain Fugue" by Jessie Redmon Fauset

Slanting, driving, Summer rain / How you wash my heart of pain! Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue to publish