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9/18/2024
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"What is it that I glimpse / There on the distant shore"

September 18, 2024 hispanic heritage month A facsimile of Nicolás Heredia y Mota's poem “La bandera americana,” courtesy of Edgar Peguero y Heredia. read the poem more reading poet laureate fellow
9/18/2024
14 : 14

Last chance to get 20% off Teach This Poem Volume I: The Natural World

Get your copy of collected Teach This Poem lessons! Facebook Twitter Instagram September 18, 2024 Order Teach This Poem, Volume I: The Natural World by September 19 for 20% off. Published through
9/18/2024
10 : 14

"Some Verse for the Depressed Rebel" by Ahmad Almallah

Fame is a B. You received its / fatal sting— Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 18, 2024 Some Verse for the Depressed Rebel Ahmad Almallah for Lorca 1 * Fame is a B. You received
9/17/2024
12 : 15

"number four" by Asiya Wadud

everything we have made / halved in its own colloquial Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 17, 2024 number four Asiya Wadud everything we have made halved in its own colloquial
9/16/2024
10 : 14

"stigmas on the body of air" by Ekaterina Derisheva, translated by Ryan Hardy, Asher Maria, and Kevin M. F. Platt

stigmas on the body of air / the wind finds its voices Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 16, 2024 stigmas on the body of air Ekaterina Derysheva translated from the Russian by
9/15/2024
10 : 4

"The American Flag" by Nicolas Heredia y Mota, translated by Edgar Peguero y Heredia

Tell me upon seeing the sweet rays / Of the splendid morning / The majestic flag Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets
9/14/2024
10 : 4

"Vas Doloris" by Julián del Casal, translated by William George Williams

I come from the remote borders / of the land of oblivion. Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue to publish the work
9/13/2024
10 : 14

"Skill Sets" by Rae Armantrout

In the first cartoons / the mutability of forms / was a laugh riot Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 13, 2024 Skill Sets Rae Armantrout 1 In the first cartoons the mutability of
9/12/2024
10 : 4

"Arachnoscientific Salvation" by Katrine Øgaard Jensen

at all times / a sensation of intricate webs Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 12, 2024 Arachnoscientific Salvation Katrine Øgaard Jensen a mistranslation of Ursula Andkjær
9/12/2024
6 : 54

"Daria Ukiyo-e" by Aristilde Kirby

( A sprawling falling dream. / Pain meds. 'Hi, I'm Heiress Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 11, 2024 Daria Ukiyo-e Aristilde Kirby after Tada Chimako & Susanne
9/12/2024
6 : 53

"the everydayness of bravery"

September 11, 2024 poems from the archive In remembrance of September 11, 2001, read poems from the “September Suite” written by former Chancellor Lucille Clifton on the day of, and the six days
9/10/2024
10 : 4

"That Part in the Music" by Carl Phillips

Once loyal to a cruel master, / the dog moves like a man Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 10, 2024 That Part in the Music Carl Phillips Once loyal to a cruel master, the dog
9/9/2024
10 : 4

"Assume the Role of Cassandra, Wearing a Mask, Speaking into the Camera" by Carolina Ebeid

No, nothing, no thing, no where— / the o of no blinks open Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 9, 2024 Assume the Role of Cassandra, Wearing a Mask, Speaking into the Camera
9/8/2024
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"The Soul’s Desire" by Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, translated by the Benedictines of Stanbrook

I live, but yet I live not in myself, 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 each
9/7/2024
10 : 14

From "Spanish Folk Songs" by Salvador De Madariaga

Of the dust of the earth / Can I make songs. 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
9/6/2024
10 : 14

"Speech on the Body" by Sara Uribe, translated by JD Pluecker

Let's say something about distances that escape through the body. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 6, 2024 Speech on the Body Sara Uribe translated from the Spanish by JD
9/5/2024
21 : 44

Poems and resources for September

Browse poems, lessons, and resources for National Translation Month Facebook Twitter Instagram September 2024 dear poet “Stay close to the earth, Pepper. It listens to a poet's heart so well,”
9/5/2024
10 : 14

"Story—Late Summer or Early Fall" by Yoo Heekyung, translated by Stine An

Late summer or early fall—memories are unreliable Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 5, 2024 Story—Late Summer or Early Fall Yoo Heekyung translated from the Korean by Stine An
9/4/2024
20 : 24

"Then we row for years on the midsummer pond"

September 4, 2024 poems from the archive Enjoy a selection of work by poets born in September “Sunset on the Spire” Elinor Wylie (September 7, 1885) “Last Night I Dreamed of Chickens” Jack Prelutsky (
9/4/2024
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"Farewells" by Oriana Méndez, translated by Erín Moure

I devise farewells that topple Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 4, 2024 Farewells Oriana Méndez translated from the Galician by Erín Moure I devise farewells that topple that