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3/3/2023
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"Ancestry" by Tommy Archuleta

I can't believe what the moon wrote Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 3, 2023 Ancestry Tommy Archuleta 1. I can't believe what the moon wrote For the valley's dying to
3/2/2023
11 : 14

"Look" by Maxine Scates

The dead are breathing inside me now, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 2, 2023 Look Maxine Scates The dead are breathing inside me now, everything slowing to the pace of the newt
3/1/2023
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3/1/2023
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"Hey," by Jose Hernandez Diaz

With the intention of abandoning the hierarchies of capitalism— Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 1, 2023 Hey, Jose Hernandez Diaz With the intention of abandoning the hierarchies of
2/28/2023
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"Unmoved — she notes the Chariots"

February 28, 2023 Celebrate Women's History Month in March with a selection of poems from Poets.org: “Sugar” by Tina Chang “Batter My Heart, Transgender'd God” by Meg Day “Equivalents” by
2/28/2023
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"No Room to Form" by John S. Blake

Ain't no form out here / I'm your blade cleaving leaving Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 28, 2023 No Room to Form John S. Blake Ain't no form out here I'm your
2/27/2023
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"Indeterminacy" by Charif Shanahan

The cog in the eye turns Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 27, 2023 Indeterminacy Charif Shanahan The cog in the eye turns Until there is nothing left To discern. I sip tea Steeped
2/26/2023
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"Slow through the Dark" by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Slow moves the pageant of a climbing race; 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
2/25/2023
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"Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem" by Helene Johnson

You are disdainful and magnificent— 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
2/24/2023
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"October Sonnet" by Adrian Matejka

Even on the 13th floor of a high building, Chicago's Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 24, 2023 October Sonnet Adrian Matejka —after Ted Berrigan Even on the 13th floor of a
2/23/2023
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"Neoteric Kama No Sutra" by Frank X Walker

When pheromones, ignited by the promise Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 23, 2023 Neoteric Kama No Sutra Frank X Walker When pheromones, ignited by the promise in her come-and-get
2/22/2023
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"Boihood" by Jari Bradley

All I ever wanted to be was a song— Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 22, 2023 Boihood Jari Bradley All I ever wanted to be was a song— something soft and light held in the mouth
2/21/2023
22 : 54

"I have found peacefulness somewhere at last"

February 21, 2023 Continue to celebrate Black History Month by reading more work published in Caroling Dusk: An Anthology of Verse by Black Poets of the Twenties (Harper & Brothers, 1927), edited
2/21/2023
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"Self-Care" by Faylita Hicks

I begged the year for intimacy. Dashed down into my sheets Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 21, 2023 Self-Care Faylita Hicks I begged the year for intimacy. Dashed down into my
2/20/2023
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"her aint even at de funeral" by avery r. young

been screamin all night god why daddy gone Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 20, 2023 her aint even at de funeral avery r. young [a do-over] for Mr. Douglas been screamin all night
2/19/2023
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"Plácido’s Farewell to His Mother" by Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés

⁠If the unfortunate fate engulfing me, 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
2/18/2023
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"The Eyes of My Regret" by Angelina Weld Grimké

Always at dusk, the same tearless experience, 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
2/17/2023
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"The Lose Your Mother Suite VI. 'across the surface of my studied speech'" by Remica Bingham-Risher

Mess like this sullies everything: Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 17, 2023 The Lose Your Mother Suite VI. “across the surface of my studied speech” Remica Bingham-Risher Mess
2/17/2023
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"An Act of Love" by Tommye Blount

Not an act, I'm told, more a leave to live Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 15, 2023 An Act of Love Tommye Blount Not an act, I'm told, more a leave to live where words
2/17/2023
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"St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni, probably beheaded, was also the patron saint of asthma, beekeepers, and epilepsy, [. . .]" by Lynne Thompson

love in the time of COVID is no different than Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 16, 2023 St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni, probably beheaded, was also the patron saint of asthma,