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8/23/2022
10 : 14

"I Was Told the Sunlight Was a Cure" by Hanif Abdurraqib

for the cloak of despair thrown over our once bright Facebook Twitter Instagram August 23, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day I Was Told the Sunlight Was a Cure Hanif Abdurraqib for the cloak of despair thrown
8/22/2022
10 : 4

"Shorn, treaded red" by Asiya Wadud

ochre starts / commence Facebook Twitter Instagram August 22, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Shorn, treaded red Asiya Wadud after “Satellites 27” by Etel Adnan ochre starts commence catalyst and evensong
8/22/2022
3 : 15

"The Depths of the Grass" by Michael Field

Look, in the early light, / Down to the infinite / Depths at the deep grass-roots; Facebook Twitter Instagram August 20, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. The Depths of the Grass Michael
8/22/2022
3 : 9

"River Roads" by Carl Sandburg

Let the crows go by hawking their caw and caw. Facebook Twitter Instagram August 21, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. River Roads Carl Sandburg Let the crows go by hawking their caw and
8/19/2022
10 : 4

"house hunting as an act of faith" by t'ai freedom ford

in the dream i eat the sirens my eyes go bloodshot Facebook Twitter Instagram August 19, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day house hunting as an act of faith t'ai freedom ford in the dream i eat the sirens my
8/18/2022
10 : 4

"[Like the Japanese cherry blossoms wedded to the soil’s palm]" by Luther Hughes

Like the Japanese cherry blossoms wedded to the soil's palm Facebook Twitter Instagram August 18, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day [Like the Japanese cherry blossoms wedded to the soil's palm] Luther
8/17/2022
10 : 4

"Fracture" by Ellen Bass

When the grizzly cubs were caught, collared, and taken away— Facebook Twitter Instagram August 17, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Fracture Ellen Bass When the grizzly cubs were caught, collared, and taken
8/16/2022
19 : 4

"Too brief again, this August light / its hours shifting"

Support Poets.org August 16, 2022 “The August Preoccupations” by Catherine Barnett “August” by Helen Hunt Jackson “One Summer” by Ann-Margaret Lim “August Morning, Upper Broadway” by Alicia Ostriker “
8/16/2022
10 : 14

"You remember the feeling but not what made you feel that way" by Elizabeth Barnett

We get used to trash along the road Facebook Twitter Instagram August 16, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day You remember the feeling but not what made you feel that way Elizabeth Barnett We get used to trash
8/15/2022
10 : 14

"Sun to Void" by Ladan Osman

I cannot help my gaze / and did not choose this. Facebook Twitter Instagram August 15, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Sun to Void Ladan Osman I cannot help my gaze and did not choose this. I was a flurry of
8/14/2022
12 : 4

"Summer Wind" by William Cullen Bryant

It is a sultry day; the sun has drunk / The dew that lays upon the morning grass; Facebook Twitter Instagram August 14, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. Summer Wind William Cullen Bryant
8/13/2022
10 : 4

"Reconciliation" by Else Lasker-Schüler, translated by Babette Deutsch and Avrahm Yarmolinsky

A great star will fall into my lap. . . Facebook Twitter Instagram August 13, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. Reconciliation Else Lasker-Schüler translated by Babette Deutsch and Avrahm
8/12/2022
10 : 14

"awaiting a carriage, any" by Bernard Ferguson

it's the numerous letters the magnolias make / as they open Facebook Twitter Instagram August 12, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day awaiting a carriage, any Bernard Ferguson it's the numerous letters the
8/12/2022
3 : 14

"A Flair for Language" by Omotara James

She wasn't easy, is a thing we say / about someone we love. Facebook Twitter Instagram August 10, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day A Flair for Language Omotara James She wasn't easy, is a thing we say
8/12/2022
2 : 56

"The Sunset and the Purple-Flowered Tree" by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza

I talk to a screen who assures me everything is fine. Facebook Twitter Instagram August 11, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day The Sunset and the Purple-Flowered Tree Joshua Jennifer Espinoza I talk to a screen
8/9/2022
19 : 24

Poems on National Parks and more

Support Poets.org August 9, 2022 National Parks Find inspiration and grounding in the great outdoors with these poems inspired by National Parks: “Peace Path” by Heid E. Erdrich “Song as Abridged
8/9/2022
10 : 14

"Not" by Stephanie Cawley

I was supposed to be writing you back Facebook Twitter Instagram August 9, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Not Stephanie Cawley after Adrianne Lenker I was supposed to be writing you back I was supposed to be
8/8/2022
10 : 4

"Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cicada" by Marissa Davis​​

our selves less self / than a knowledge Facebook Twitter Instagram August 8, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cicada Marissa Davis​​ our selves less self than a knowledge of time.
8/7/2022
10 : 14

"At Sainte-Marguerite" by Trumbull Stickney

The gray tide flows and flounders in the rocks Facebook Twitter Instagram August 7, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. At Sainte-Marguerite Trumbull Stickney The gray tide flows and
8/6/2022
10 : 14

"Rose Song" by Anne Reeve Aldrich

Plant, above my lifeless heart / Crimson roses, red as blood. Facebook Twitter Instagram August 6, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. Rose Song Anne Reeve Aldrich Plant, above my lifeless