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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
1/29/2023
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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—