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10/19/2022
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"The Immigrant" by Aline Mello
will become a pessimist eventually Facebook Twitter Instagram October 19, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day The Immigrant Aline Mello will become a pessimist eventually trying to find what's lost will
10/18/2022
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Filipino American History Month, Dodge Poetry Festival, and more
Support Poets.org October 18, 2022 Filipino American History Month Poet, educator, journalist, and politician Luis G. Dato, one of the first Filipino authors to write and publish in English, was born
10/18/2022
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"Singing Funeral" by féi hernandez
I've avoided opening my throat in fear the dead would rise, walk out of me, leave me emptier after their fleeting, Facebook Twitter Instagram October 18, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Singing Funeral féi
10/17/2022
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"Mimesis" by Farid Matuk
A thinnest sliver / Of new moon light Facebook Twitter Instagram October 17, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Mimesis Farid Matuk A thinnest sliver Of new moon light At the horn tips of mule deer Turned toward
10/16/2022
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"The Shadow on the Stone" by Thomas Hardy
I went by the Druid stone Facebook Twitter Instagram October 16, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. The Shadow on the Stone Thomas Hardy I went by the Druid stone That stands in the garden
10/15/2022
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"The Lost Bird" by Carolina Coronado, translated by William Cullen Bryant
My bird has flown away, / Far out of sight has flown, I know not where. Facebook Twitter Instagram October 15, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. The Lost Bird Carolina Coronado translated
10/14/2022
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Join Us Next Week at the 2022 Dodge Poetry Festival
Don't miss the Academy of American Poets Chancellors at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival View this email in your browser Copyright © 2022 The Academy of American Poets, All rights reserved.
10/14/2022
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"For everyone who tried on the slipper before Cinderella" by Ariana Brown
For those making tea in the soft light of Saturday morning Facebook Twitter Instagram October 14, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day For everyone who tried on the slipper before Cinderella Ariana Brown after Anis
10/13/2022
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"what we did while waiting for the rain" by Afua Ansong
we are in an ark / not a passport in hand Facebook Twitter Instagram October 13, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day what we did while waiting for the rain Afua Ansong we are in an ark not a passport in hand
10/12/2022
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"Barnes & Noble, 1999" by Jesús I. Valles
I was a boy in a bookstore, “a bathhouse,” I'll joke Facebook Twitter Instagram October 12, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Barnes & Noble, 1999 Jesús I. Valles I was a boy in a bookstore, “a bathhouse
10/11/2022
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Celebrating 100 Years of The Waste Land
Support Poets.org October 11, 2022 100 Years of The Waste Land “But The Waste Land is not only a poem; it names an event, like a tornado or an earthquake. Its publication was a watershed, marking a
10/11/2022
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"from 'Dauerwunder, a brief record of facts'" by Carolina Ebeid
If I grew out of your (winter, / thought, purse, chest cavity) Facebook Twitter Instagram October 11, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day from “Dauerwunder, a brief record of facts” Carolina Ebeid If I grew out of
10/10/2022
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"A Blind Spot, Awash" by Tobi Kassim
And if I give up on consequences / is that despair Facebook Twitter Instagram October 10, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day A Blind Spot, Awash Tobi Kassim And if I give up on consequences is that despair or
10/9/2022
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"My Life Is a Memory" by Rafael Arévalo Martínez, translated by William George Williams
When I met her I loved myself. Facebook Twitter Instagram October 9, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. My Life Is a Memory Rafael Arévalo Martínez translated from the Spanish by William
10/8/2022
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"Lord, I Ask a Garden . . ." by Alfonso Guillén Zelaya, translated by William George Williams
Lord, I ask a garden in a quiet spot Facebook Twitter Instagram October 8, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. Lord, I Ask a Garden . . . Alfonso Guillén Zelaya translated from the Spanish
10/7/2022
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"Angelica Root" by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
What back we spring from. Facebook Twitter Instagram October 7, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Angelica Root Vanessa Angélica Villarreal What back we spring from. What woman we unravel from. What blade pour
10/6/2022
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Poems for Halloween, & More
Plus lesson plans for autumn and resources for "The Waste Land" Facebook Twitter Instagram October 2022 "october" on an orange background Poems for Halloween October 31 is Halloween
10/6/2022
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2022 Featured Fall Books List
Our partners, sponsors, and advertisers present some of their new poetry titles to help celebrate Fall. View this email in your browser 2022 Featured Fall Books List Our partners, sponsors, and
10/6/2022
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"The Art of Shooting in the Dark" by Denice Frohman
We were nocturnal players, / Bats in ball, Facebook Twitter Instagram October 6, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day The Art of Shooting in the Dark Denice Frohman after Pedro Pietri We were nocturnal players,
10/5/2022
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"Wonder Wheel" by Wo Chan
angels undress, & solstice has got us mini, stilled . . . Facebook Twitter Instagram October 5, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Wonder Wheel Wo Chan for Hye Yun Park angels undress, & solstice has got