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12/5/2022
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"At Sixty-Five" by Henri Cole
It was all so different than he expected. Facebook Twitter Instagram December 5, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift At Sixty-Five Henri Cole It was all so different than he expected.
12/4/2022
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"The Aim Was Song" by Robert Frost
Before man came to blow it right / The wind once blew itself untaught, Facebook Twitter Instagram December 4, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift The Aim Was Song Robert Frost Before
12/3/2022
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"To a Wreath of Snow" by Emily Brontë
O transient voyager of heaven! / O silent sign of winter skies! Facebook Twitter Instagram December 3, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. To a Wreath of Snow Emily Brontë O transient
12/2/2022
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"Sunflowers" by Jenny George
I'm in the world but I still want the world. Facebook Twitter Instagram December 2, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift Sunflowers Jenny George I'm in the world but I still
12/1/2022
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"Inupiaq Women" by dg nanouk okpik
She paddles and streams / her kayak up Kobuck River. Facebook Twitter Instagram December 1, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift Inupiaq Women dg nanouk okpik She paddles and streams
11/30/2022
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"Still Life of Cárdenas Hacienda with Cats" by Victoriano Cárdenas
there was a house at the bottom of a mountain / sunbaked mud and straw and as tiny as a heart Facebook Twitter Instagram November 30, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Still Life of Cárdenas Hacienda with Cats
11/29/2022
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"the orbit of gratitude, music over our heads"
Make a Giving Tuesday gift November 29, 2022 Poems for Giving Tuesday This Giving Tuesday, enjoy poems reflecting on gratitude, togetherness, and tenderness. “Around Us” by Marvin Bell “One Today” by
11/29/2022
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"Unarcheology of 'Father'" by George Abraham
Baba, I held your hand as you were dying Facebook Twitter Instagram November 29, 2022 Make a gift for Giving Tuesday Unarcheology of 'Father' George Abraham a Markov Sonnet, with thanks to
11/28/2022
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A gift for you for Giving Tuesday
"Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language" —Lucille Clifton Facebook Twitter Instagram Make a Giving Tuesday gift November 28, 2022 Dear Reader— Please accept a gift from all
11/28/2022
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"Vestiges" by Ángel García
Not the riverbank. Not the sedges / or the black hum Facebook Twitter Instagram November 28, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Vestiges Ángel García Not the riverbank. Not the sedges or the black hum of blow
11/27/2022
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"The Harp of Broken Strings" by John Rollin Ridge
A stranger in a stranger land, / Too calm to weep, too sad to smile, Facebook Twitter Instagram November 27, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. The Harp of Broken Strings John Rollin Ridge
11/26/2022
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"I Have Stood Up for You" by Carlos Montezuma
Being of your blood, / Through thick and thin, / I have stood up for you. Facebook Twitter Instagram November 26, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. I Have Stood Up for You Carlos Montezuma
11/25/2022
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Academy of American Poets Holiday Gift Guide
Our partners, sponsors, and advertisers present some of their offeringsto help celebrate the holidays with the poets and readers in your life. View this email in your browser Academy of American Poets
11/25/2022
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"The Dream of the Anti-Ekphrasis" by Fargo Nissim Tbakhi
Death is no equalizer / Nothing is equal in the eyes of— / In the gaze of— / In the Of Facebook Twitter Instagram November 25, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day The Dream of the Anti-Ekphrasis Fargo Nissim
11/24/2022
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"Nálí, Her Solo" by Laura Tohe
next to her bed her instrument sleeps / covered for the night like a bird in a cage Facebook Twitter Instagram November 24, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Nálí, Her Solo Laura Tohe next to her bed her
11/23/2022
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"The Tejano Considers Seeds" by Sebastián H. Páramo
To flower from seeds, / to make roots from water— Facebook Twitter Instagram November 23, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day The Tejano Considers Seeds Sebastián H. Páramo To flower from seeds, to make roots from
11/22/2022
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"we are running out of the glass rooms / with our mouths full of food to look at the sky"
Support Poets.org November 22, 2022 Poems for Thanksgiving With Thanksgiving a couple days away, all of us at the Academy of American Poets want to express our gratitude for your readership. Please
11/22/2022
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"109 Bermuda" by Kenzie Allen
I build it, I build the house, I build the eaves, I build the roof where we looked for stars Facebook Twitter Instagram November 22, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day 109 Bermuda Kenzie Allen I build it, I build
11/21/2022
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"Gahé Dzíł / Mountain Spirits" by Crisosto Apache
Circling around flames and dancing with the blazes / Encumbering sparks take flight into the night sky, Facebook Twitter Instagram November 21, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Gahé Dzíł / Mountain Spirits
11/20/2022
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"Song of the Oktahutche" by Alexander Posey
Far, far, far are my silver waters drawn; Facebook Twitter Instagram November 20, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. Song of the Oktahutche Alexander Posey Far, far, far are my silver