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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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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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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-
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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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