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3/18/2023
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"Prisms" by Laura Riding Jackson
What is beheld through glass seems glass. 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
3/17/2023
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"Palm Springs" by Christian Gullette
We drink Fernet by ironic sculptures Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 17, 2023 Palm Springs Christian Gullette We drink Fernet by ironic sculptures under misters that make our bangs
3/16/2023
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"Sissy" by Aaron Smith
I can't remember my dad calling me a sissy, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 15, 2023 Sissy Aaron Smith I can't remember my dad calling me a sissy, but he definitely told me
3/16/2023
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"Lamb" by Richie Hofmann
I had a lamb I brought everywhere Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 16, 2023 Lamb Richie Hofmann I had a lamb I brought everywhere who only had one eye. At the train stations, all the
3/16/2023
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Join us next week for the 2023 Blaney Lecture with Patricia Smith
On March 23, join us for a lecture on contemporary poetry and poetics, delivered by Patricia Smith Twitter Facebook Instagram The 2023 Blaney Lecture on Contemporary Poetry & Poetics: “The Scrawny
3/14/2023
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"Have you ever seen good / And bad stick together?"
March 14, 2023 For Women's History Month, read these newly added poems to our Poets.org archive: Lula Lowe Weeden was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, on February 4, 1918. Weeden published work in
3/14/2023
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"Ode to Black Air Forces" by Bryan Byrdlong
Praise to the obsidian sole, which kisses the glass- Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 14, 2023 Ode to Black Air Forces Bryan Byrdlong Praise to the obsidian sole, which kisses the
3/13/2023
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"A Lesson from my Father about Electricity" by Monica Rico
When I wait / for my father, the stars Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 13, 2023 A Lesson from my Father about Electricity Monica Rico When I wait for my father, the stars disappear.
3/12/2023
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"[Like a white stone]" by Anna Akhmatova
Like a white stone deep in a draw-well lying, 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
3/11/2023
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"In Imitation of Horace" by Aphra Behn
What mean those Amorous Curles of Jet? 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
3/10/2023
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"Preparing for Residential Placement for My Disabled Daughter" by Jennifer Franklin
My life without you—I have already Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 10, 2023 Preparing for Residential Placement for My Disabled Daughter Jennifer Franklin My life without you—I have
3/9/2023
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Poems for Women's History Month
Plus, plan ahead for National Poetry Month Facebook Twitter Instagram March 2023 March is Women's History Month—this month and year-round, celebrate with the following classic and contemporary
3/9/2023
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Join Ethan Hawke, Jonathan Majors, Rosie Perez, Malala Yousafzai, and more for Poetry & the Creative Mind live on April 26, 2023
Kimiko Hahn and Richard Blanco will emcee our signature National Poetry Month reading and fundraiser, supporting the Education Program View this email in your browser Register to Attend Copyright ©
3/9/2023
11 : 14
"Dirk McDermott" by Patrick Donnelly
Fellow Scout who could climb and touch Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 9, 2023 Dirk McDermott Patrick Donnelly Fellow Scout who could climb and touch the gold ball at the top of the
3/8/2023
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"Summer, You’re a Boneyard" by Gustavo Hernandez
and you used to be The Richard Bey Show Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 8, 2023 Summer, You're a Boneyard Gustavo Hernandez and you used to be The Richard Bey Show and my
3/7/2023
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"Moon that is linking our daughters’ / Choices, and still more beginnings"
March 7, 2023 Celebrate Women's History Month with a selection of poems from Poets.org: “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou “Pain Scale” by Catherine Barnett “The Sound of Their Names” by Ellen Bass “
3/7/2023
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"The Honest Tongue" by Laura Da'
Avoiding the stockade / and bastioned gate Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 7, 2023 The Honest Tongue Laura Da' Avoiding the stockade and bastioned gate but inadvertently walking
3/6/2023
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"'South of the North, yet north of the South, lies the City of a Hundred Hills'" by Aaron Coleman
Peering past the promise I / half-roused the soil— Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 6, 2023 “South of the North, yet north of the South, lies the City of a Hundred Hills” Aaron
3/5/2023
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"I Grant You Ample Leave" by George Eliot
“I grant you ample leave 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
3/4/2023
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"Enchantment" by Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
Here / crawls / moon— 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 share