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12/30/2022
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Every day, we are finding new resonance—through poetry
Poem-a-Day connects us—to ourselves and to each other. Please consider supporting the series with a special year-end gift Dear Reader, There's nothing like Poem-a-Day, which celebrates what Arthur
12/29/2022
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"Chorus" by Peter Streckfus
My grandfather went on his moped to the factory, two hours travel each way. Facebook Twitter Instagram December 29, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift Chorus Peter Streckfus My
12/29/2022
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Thanks to a generous challenge grant, all gifts today will be doubled when we make our goal! Dear Reader, When you read Poem-a-Day, you are sharing in a practice that Naomi Shihab Nye calls, “
12/28/2022
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"Cows in the Evening" by Nikki Wallschlaeger
She's unsatisfied / the wild night shift / brings out coyotes Facebook Twitter Instagram December 28, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift Cows in the Evening Nikki Wallschlaeger
12/27/2022
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"in the New Year we shall be as gods"
December 27, 2022 Poems for the New Year “The New Year” by Carrie Williams Clifford “For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet” by Joy Harjo “Counting, This New Year's
12/27/2022
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"XIII. Return to Suzhou: Master of the Nets" by Jacqueline Osherow
It was meant to conjure the life of a fisherman— Facebook Twitter Instagram December 27, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift XIII. Return to Suzhou: Master of the Nets Jacqueline
12/26/2022
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"To Mycorrhizae Under Our Mother’s Garden" by Brenda Hillman
Hyphal tubes, symbionts, exudates, // glomalin proteins, pre-soil, prevent the leaking out . . . Facebook Twitter Instagram December 26, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift To
12/25/2022
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from "Phantasus" by Arno Holz
On a mountain of sugar-candy, / under a blossoming almond-tree, / twinkles my gingerbread house. Facebook Twitter Instagram December 25, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift from “
12/24/2022
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"Snow in the Suburbs" by Thomas Hardy
Every branch big with it, / Bent every twig with it; Facebook Twitter Instagram December 24, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift Snow in the Suburbs Thomas Hardy Every branch big with
12/23/2022
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“Abstract with Red Square” by Jenny Xie
And there, / between clean walls / you assume / the position, Facebook Twitter Instagram December 23, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift Abstract with Red Square Jenny Xie after Etel
12/22/2022
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“Retirement” by Monica Sok
When he becomes a monk, he says I will no longer be his daughter. Facebook Twitter Instagram December 22, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift Retirement Monica Sok When he becomes a
12/21/2022
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“Owl” by Anne Haven McDonnell
In winter, we find her invisible / against the furrows Facebook Twitter Instagram December 21, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift Owl Anne Haven McDonnell In winter, we find her
12/21/2022
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Poetry is singular this way
“Not what you see, but what you perceive,” per Terrance Hayes.... . Dear Reader, As a poetry reader, you know that one of the gifts of reading poems is taking the time to experience, as Terrance Hayes
12/20/2022
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"Even this late the bones of the body shine"
December 20, 2022 Poems for the Holiday Season “[little tree]” by EE Cummings “Christmas Eve: My Mother Dressing” by Toi Derricotte “Christmas Carol” by Paul Laurence Dunbar “Wonder and Joy” by
12/20/2022
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“Origin of Planets” by Jennifer Elise Foerster
In this version, the valley / lime green after rain / rolls its tides before us. Facebook Twitter Instagram December 20, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift Origin of Planets Jennifer
12/19/2022
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“Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the Oval Garden” by John Yau
Which windowpane are you beating your wings against today? Facebook Twitter Instagram December 19, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the Oval Garden
12/18/2022
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"Winter: A Dirge" by Robert Burns
The wintry west extends his blast, / And hail and rain does blaw; Facebook Twitter Instagram December 18, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift Winter: A Dirge Robert Burns The wintry
12/16/2022
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"apocalyptic lyric" by Cintia Santana
a line break / is a kind of lie Facebook Twitter Instagram December 14, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift apocalyptic lyric Cintia Santana a line break is a kind of lie my friend
12/16/2022
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from “Giornata” by Gregory Pardlo
My father Bacchus wanted a daughter instead of me. Facebook Twitter Instagram December 15, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift from “Giornata” Gregory Pardlo 8. My father Bacchus
12/13/2022
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"And yet, and yet / This very wind, the winter birds"
December 13, 2022 For Winter “The Lonely Sleep Through Winter” by Kemi Alabi “['Tis the first snow—]” by Matsuo Basho “Where There's Ice” by Paul Celan “Dawn” by Kwame Dawes “A Winter Twilight”