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1/20/2023
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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
1/20/2023
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"I perceived my likeness in everything"
January 17, 2023 As part of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum residency this past year, inaugural and outgoing Poet-in-Residence Taylor Johnson selected a dynamic group of poets and collaborators to
1/20/2023
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"Praise Song" by Hafizah Augustus Geter
After she died, I'd catch her / stuffing my nose with pine needles and oak, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 18, 2023 Praise Song Hafizah Augustus Geter After she died, I'd
1/20/2023
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"Sikasso Snow" by Fred L. Joiner
never thought I / would see it here / in this Otherwhere, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 19, 2023 Sikasso Snow Fred L. Joiner never thought I would see it here in this Otherwhere
1/10/2023
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"We must be patient, we told ourselves"
January 10, 2023 Poems Honoring Ancestors “To Mycorrhizae Under Our Mother's Garden” by Brenda Hillman “The Road” by Helene Johnson “The Weavers Were the First to Know” by Arielle Taitano Lowe “
1/10/2023
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"Materials for a Gravestone Rubbing" by Matthew Wimberley
I have long wanted to be starlight in spring Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 10, 2023 Materials for a Gravestone Rubbing Matthew Wimberley I have long wanted to be starlight in
1/9/2023
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"I'm Not Faking My Astonishment, Honest" by Paige Lewis
Looking out over the cliff, we're overwhelmed Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 9, 2023 I'm Not Faking My Astonishment, Honest Paige Lewis Looking out over the cliff, we
1/8/2023
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"Winter Remembered" by John Crowe Ransom
Two evils, monstrous either one apart, / Possessed me, and were long and loath at going: Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American
1/7/2023
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"A Gull Goes Up" by Léonie Adams
Gulls when they fly move in a liquid arc, 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
1/6/2023
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"off the shore of oneself as in . . ." by Renia White
sometimes you can't stay on your own mainland. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 6, 2023 off the shore of oneself as in . . . Renia White sometimes you can't stay on your
1/5/2023
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"To the Young Second Lieutenant Standing Behind Me in Line" by Rob Greene
No one looked after me or my brother back then, no CPS, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 5, 2023 To the Young Second Lieutenant Standing Behind Me in Line Rob Greene at the Keesler
1/4/2023
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"Elastic Love Contrapuntal" by Sarah Cooper
in darkness of March's midnight Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 4, 2023 Elastic Love Contrapuntal Sarah Cooper “The subject of lesbianism is very ordinary;” — Judy Grahn in
1/3/2023
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"The pines make a music like no other"
January 3, 2023 Celebrating a New Month Celebrate the beginning of this new year and month with a few poets born in January: “Beat, Old Heart” by Carl Sandburg (January 6, 1878) “On Love” by Kahlil
1/3/2023
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"I Went Out to Hear" by Leila Chatti
The sound of quiet. The sky / indigo, steeping Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 3, 2023 I Went Out to Hear Leila Chatti The sound of quiet. The sky indigo, steeping deeper from the
1/2/2023
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“cinquains written during a tropical storm” by Urayoán Noel
to live / now is to speak Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day January 2, 2023 cinquains written during a tropical storm Urayoán Noel to live / now is to speak / the language of the tree /
1/1/2023
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"New Year’s Chimes" by Francis Thompson
What is the song the stars sing? / (And a million songs are as song of one.) Facebook Twitter Instagram Reader Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets
12/31/2022
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It's not too late to support Poem-a-Day with a tax-deductible year-end gift!
Before the bell tolls, make your charitable 2022 contribution to help sustain this important daily series Reader, Before this year's end, please take a moment to support Poem-a-Day in the year
12/31/2022
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"The Death of the Old Year" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Full knee-deep lies the winter snow, / And the winter winds are wearily sighing: Facebook Twitter Instagram December 31, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift The Death of the Old Year
12/31/2022
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Before we turn the page on 2022…. Poem-a-Day needs you!
Support this free, life-giving series in 2023 by making a gift before the year ends Reader, Before this year's end, please take a moment to support Poem-a-Day in the year ahead. This special series
12/30/2022
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"The Need Is So Great" by Jim Moore
Sometimes I just sit like this at the window and watch / the darkness come. If I'm smart, I'll put on Bach. Facebook Twitter Instagram December 30, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-