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1/29/2023
11 : 14

"X Rays" by Max Eastman

Your eyes were gem-like in that dim deep chamber 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
1/28/2023
11 : 14

"From the Stone Age" by Alice Corbin Henderson

Long ago some one carved me in the semblance of a god. 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
1/27/2023
11 : 14

"Dearly Departed, Again I Dreamt About a Ship" by Camonghne Felix

When a mouth aboard said ship / called out to me, I was a berry Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 27, 2023 Dearly Departed, Again I Dreamt About a Ship Camonghne Felix When a mouth
1/26/2023
11 : 14

"Devonport" by Chloe Honum

The man has chosen / that he wants his ashes scattered / from the end of the pier Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 26, 2023 Devonport Chloe Honum The man has chosen that he wants
1/25/2023
11 : 14

"After Striving" by Corrie Lynn White

I think of my father's one-room woodshop, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 25, 2023 After Striving Corrie Lynn White I think of my father's one-room woodshop, how his
1/24/2023
18 : 24

"To your voice, a mysterious virtue"

January 23, 2023 Announcing our New Chancellors We are honored to announce that Kimiko Hahn, Ilya Kaminsky, Ed Roberson, and Patricia Smith have been elected to the fifteen-member Academy of American
1/24/2023
11 : 14

"our own names" by Destiny Hemphill

okra, pickled just the way you like it, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 24, 2023 our own names Destiny Hemphill okra, pickled just the way you like it, in the jar on the top shelf
1/23/2023
11 : 14

"People to Run From" by Diana Marie Delgado

After dinner, I'm mailed back to my father in a suitcase. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 23, 2023 People to Run From Diana Marie Delgado After dinner, I'm mailed back to
1/22/2023
11 : 24

"Dance" by Alfred Kreymborg

Moon dance, / you were not to blame. 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
1/21/2023
11 : 6

"Behind Stowe" by Elizabeth Bishop

I heard an elf go whistling by, / A whistle sleek as moonlit grass, Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue to
1/20/2023
11 : 14

"Remembering Our First Parties" by Erin Rose Coffin

remembering the boys— / much older, only unsettling / in hindsight Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 20, 2023 Remembering Our First Parties Erin Rose Coffin remembering the boys—
1/20/2023
7 : 4

"Castnet Seafood" by Karisma Price

According to the local news station, / the blue crawfish is a rare thing to find, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 11, 2023 Castnet Seafood Karisma Price for Uncle Kenny and Cousin
1/20/2023
6 : 24

Dear Poet 2023 submissions are now open!

Plus, poems and lesson plans for winter Facebook Twitter Instagram January 2023 Your students could be published on Poets.org! Every National Poetry Month, we present Dear Poet, a multimedia project
1/20/2023
6 : 4

"Whipping" by K. D. Harryman

Cord or twine used to bind / or cover a rope, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 12, 2023 Whipping KD Harryman Cord or twine used to bind or cover a rope, keep the ends from fraying.
1/20/2023
5 : 14

"Who Can Govern Themselves Out of Governance?" by A. H. Jerriod Avant

if I could be somewhere / I wasn't I would be there Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 13, 2023 Who Can Govern Themselves Out of Governance? AH Jerriod Avant if I could be
1/20/2023
4 : 34

"The Forest Road" by Charlotte Mew

The forest road, / The infinite straight road stretching away Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue to publish the
1/20/2023
4 : 24

"Confession" by Countee Cullen

If for a day joy masters me, / Think not my wounds are healed; Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue to publish the
1/20/2023
4 : 4

"Ars Poetica" by Nabila Lovelace

guess a letter / based off your moon Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 16, 2023 Ars Poetica Nabila Lovelace Copyright © 2023 by Nabila Lovelace. Originally published in Poem-a-Day
1/20/2023
3 : 45

"Everything is Exactly the Same as it Was the Day Before" by Ina Cariño

mama says: long noodles, long life, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 17, 2023 Everything is Exactly the Same as it Was the Day Before Ina Cariño New Year on my mountain mama says:
1/20/2023
3 : 44

With so much gratitude for your readership

Poem-a-Day has a special community of readers—thank you for being one of them. I am so excited for the year of poems we'll share together Dear Reader, Happy New Year! I hope you are enjoying the