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2/14/2023
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"And more than the songs I sing, I await your written word"
February 14, 2023 Celebrate Valentine's Day with this selection of poems from Poets.org: “O Small Sad Ecstasy of Love” by Anne Carson “How the Stars Understand Us” by Christopher Gilbert “Song Out
2/14/2023
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"Wetland" by francine j. harris
The sea is so far from us now. Partly I think because we Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 14, 2023 Wetland francine j. harris The sea is so far from us now. Partly I think because
2/13/2023
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"Love Poem Attempt 3/?" by Taylor Byas
I'll say it—the most remarkable way a man Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 13, 2023 Love Poem Attempt 3/? Taylor Byas I'll say it—the most remarkable way a man has touched
2/12/2023
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"Challenge" by Sterling A. Brown
I said, in drunken pride of youth and you 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
2/11/2023
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"The Venus of Milo" by Henrietta Cordelia Ray
O peerless marble marvel! what of grace, 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
2/10/2023
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"When I See the Stars in the Night Sky" by Joy Priest
I think of Whitney Houston in her sequined glamour Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 10, 2023 When I See the Stars in the Night Sky Joy Priest I think of Whitney Houston in her
2/9/2023
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"Aubade: Nocturne" by Willie Lee Kinard III
Harder, he pants into the scruff of my neck, our labored breath Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 9, 2023 Aubade: Nocturne Willie Lee Kinard III Harder, he pants into the scruff of
2/8/2023
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"Love Poem in the Black Field" by Ariana Benson
How long since my left foot has known a day Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 8, 2023 Love Poem in the Black Field Ariana Benson Parchman Farm Chain Gang, Sunflower County
2/7/2023
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"Free, I know I’d love / To ramble soul and all"
February 7, 2023 Celebrate Black History Month by reading work published in the anthology Caroling Dusk: An Anthology of Verse by Black Poets of the Twenties (Harper & Brothers, 1927), edited by
2/7/2023
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"Canopy" by Arlene Keizer
Like a tree, he interprets light. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 7, 2023 Canopy Arlene Keizer Like a tree, he interprets light. Papa Bois, old woodsman, come see how this golden
2/6/2023
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"Continental Breakfast" by Nkosi Nkululeko
I know we the finest Black folk in this southern, La Quinta Inn, but damn, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 6, 2023 Continental Breakfast Nkosi Nkululeko I know we the finest
2/5/2023
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"When Dawn Comes to the City" by Claude McKay
The tired cars go grumbling by, / The moaning, groaning cars, Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue to publish the
2/4/2023
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"Substitution" by Anne Spencer
Is Life itself but many ways of thought, 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
2/3/2023
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"Kink" by Imani Davis
The moon assumes her voyeuristic perch Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 3, 2023 Kink Imani Davis The moon assumes her voyeuristic perch to find the rut of me, releashed from sense
2/2/2023
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Poems for Black History Month and Valentine's Day
Plus, plan ahead for National Poetry Month Facebook Twitter Instagram February 2022 February is Black History Month. To celebrate the rich tradition of Black poetry this month and year-round, browse
2/2/2023
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"Brown Estate, 2018 Tempranillo" by Cortney Lamar Charleston
Violence thrives like violet on the vine Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 2, 2023 Brown Estate, 2018 Tempranillo Cortney Lamar Charleston Violence thrives like violet on the vine,
2/1/2023
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"black love" by Evie Shockley
my love is black though my love is not black :: Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 1, 2023 black love Evie Shockley my love is black though my love is not black :: think the
1/31/2023
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"The world we want is on the way"
January 31, 2023 In honor of the new month tomorrow, read poems by a few poets born in February: “Our Land” by Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901) “Wait” by Galway Kinnell (February 1, 1927) “My Song”
1/31/2023
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"This Beautiful Planet" by Dorothea Lasky
Please tell me that I was a good child Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 31, 2023 This Beautiful Planet Dorothea Lasky Please tell me that I was a good child And that I did
1/30/2023
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"an armistice between my dead folks and my delusions" by Ra Malika Imhotep
I am a body / of ghost— Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 30, 2023 an armistice between my dead folks and my delusions Ra Malika Imhotep I am a body of ghost— haint-kin cloaked in