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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”
12/13/2022
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"Onta" by Dan Beachy-Quick
No ceremony for the initiation into facts— Facebook Twitter Instagram December 13, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift Onta Dan Beachy-Quick No ceremony for the initiation into facts—
12/13/2022
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Where Poem-a-Day takes us each morning
Poetry helps us discover “imaginative worlds for the heart and mind to dwell in.” Dear Reader, I'm heartened each morning as I open my Poem-a-Day email, envisioning thousands of readers around the
12/12/2022
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"Rendering from 'Historia Verdadera: Capítulo CLII'" by Chloe Garcia Roberts
And he [[Cuauhtémoc] ordered a horn to be sounded Facebook Twitter Instagram December 12, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift Rendering from “Historia Verdadera: Capítulo CLII” Chloe
12/11/2022
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from “Parallax” by Nancy Cunard
This thin edge of December / Wears out meagrely in the / Cold muds, rains, intolerable nauseas of the street. Facebook Twitter Instagram December 11, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end
12/10/2022
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"A Tale" by Louise Bogan
This youth too long has heard the break / Of waters in a land of change. Facebook Twitter Instagram December 10, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift A Tale Louise Bogan This youth too
12/9/2022
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"Deathscape Lullaby" by Cynthia Cruz
Broken crimson / Mercedes sedan. // Cotton-wood, milk-weed. / The taste of cold metal Facebook Twitter Instagram December 9, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift Deathscape Lullaby
12/8/2022
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Announcing Twelve New Poem-a-Day Guest Editors for 2023
December 8, 2022 Dear Reader, Each year the Academy of American Poets asks twelve accomplished poets to serve for a month as guest editor of Poem-a-Day, one of the largest platforms featuring poets
12/8/2022
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"Nike of Samothrace" by Mark Irwin
—Her fish scales, her chains, the woman's headless / wings and blown Facebook Twitter Instagram December 8, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift Nike of Samothrace Mark Irwin —Her
12/7/2022
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Poems and Lesson Plans for the Holidays
The poems and videos for Dear Poet 2023 are now available Facebook Twitter Instagram December 2022 Every National Poetry Month we present Dear Poet, a multimedia education project that invites young
12/7/2022
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"Grandfather" by A. Van Jordan
grand·fa·ther. (noun) 1. the father of one's father or mother: As in, my father's father, my grandfather, sharecropped on a farm in Midway, AL. Facebook Twitter Instagram December 7, 2022
12/6/2022
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"Full moon rising on the waters of my heart"
December 6, 2022 Celebrating December In honor of December, read poems by a few poets born this month from Poets.org: “[Again and again, even though we know love's landscape]” by Rainer Maria Rilke
12/6/2022
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"Triptych" by Sherwin Bitsui
His wind-swirled fingertips / untangle the roots of salt water, Facebook Twitter Instagram December 6, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift Triptych Sherwin Bitsui His wind-swirled