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1/20/2023
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"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
1/20/2023
3 : 34

"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
3 : 25

"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
3 : 5

"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
20 : 14

"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
11 : 14

"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
11 : 14

"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
11 : 4

"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
11 : 14

"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
11 : 14

"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
11 : 14

"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
11 : 14

"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