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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
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