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8/6/2022
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"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
8/5/2022
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"I Go Back to Myself, April 2014" by Destiny O. Birdsong
And every time, I say this is the last time, now Facebook Twitter Instagram August 5, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day I Go Back to Myself, April 2014 Destiny O. Birdsong And every time, I say this is the
8/4/2022
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Poems for the new school year
Plus browse poems, lesson plans, and resources for August Facebook Twitter Instagram academy of american poets educator newsletter logo August 2022 As the summer ends and a new school year begins,
8/4/2022
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"Daytona 500" by Kayleb Rae Candrilli
Where we're from, we know ballet as Dale Earnhardt Facebook Twitter Instagram August 4, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Daytona 500 Kayleb Rae Candrilli Where we're from, we know ballet as Dale
8/3/2022
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"The Understudy" by Hieu Minh Nguyen
Even in California / all of my friends require touch Facebook Twitter Instagram August 3, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day The Understudy Hieu Minh Nguyen Even in California all of my friends require touch to
8/2/2022
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Announcing the 2022 Poet Laureate Fellows
Support Poets.org August 2, 2022 The Academy of American Poets Awards $1.1 million to its 2022 Poet Laureate Fellows Today we announced that we are awarding a combined total of $1.1 million to our 2022
8/2/2022
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"Rememory" by Diamond Forde
When Alice moved to New York, she stopped telling stories, Facebook Twitter Instagram August 2, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Rememory Diamond Forde Copyright © 2022 by Diamond Forde. Originally published in
8/1/2022
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"Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two" by Rajiv Mohabir
See there, the grapes / in the bowl you threw Facebook Twitter Instagram August 1, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two Rajiv Mohabir See there, the grapes in the bowl you threw
7/31/2022
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"Cape Cod" by George Santayana
The low sandy beach and the thin scrub pine, Facebook Twitter Instagram July 31, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. Cape Cod George Santayana The low sandy beach and the thin scrub pine,
7/30/2022
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"[I seek for rhythmic whisperings]" by Zinaida Gippius, translated by Babette Deutsch and Avrahm Yarmolinsky
I seek for rhythmic whisperings / Where noises bandy— Facebook Twitter Instagram July 30, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. [I seek for rhythmic whisperings] Zinaida Gippius translated by
7/29/2022
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from "Consequences upon Arrival" by Saretta Morgan
We woke into the morning undressed. Every thought washed of color and their chains rusted over. Facebook Twitter Instagram July 29, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day from “Consequences upon Arrival” Saretta
7/28/2022
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Summer Camp: Jazz Poetry
Themed poems, TikTok videos, glossary terms, and more Facebook Twitter Instagram July 27, 2022 Jazz poetry is a literary genre defined as poetry necessarily informed by jazz music—that is, poetry in
7/28/2022
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"the intimacies of what will be called our sacred alliance without history" by Simone White
in community those who do not Facebook Twitter Instagram July 28, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day the intimacies of what will be called our sacred alliance without history Simone White in community those who
7/27/2022
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"Why Do You Love the Poem?" by Charles Bernstein
For the sentiment. — Then you don't love the poem Facebook Twitter Instagram July 27, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Why Do You Love the Poem? Charles Bernstein For the sentiment. — Then you don't
7/26/2022
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Poems Inspired by Landscapes, Praise Poems, and More
Support Poets.org July 26, 2022 Poems Inspired by Landscapes “[I wandered lonely as a Cloud]” by William Wordsworth “The Road” by Helene Johnson “Trying Too Hard to Write a Poem Sitting on the Beach
7/26/2022
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"Document" by Uche Nduka
Change the bedding. / Rescue the last / clean shirt. Facebook Twitter Instagram July 26, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Document Uche Nduka Change the bedding. Rescue the last clean shirt. Heads on top of
7/25/2022
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"Uvalde Shooting Highlights Role of Doors in Security Plans" by Deborah Paredez
The teacher remembers pulling the door / closed. Facebook Twitter Instagram July 25, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day “Uvalde Shooting Highlights Role of Doors in Security Plans” Deborah Paredez —AP News
7/24/2022
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"The Sheaves" by Edwin Arlington Robinson
Where long the shadows of the wind had rolled, Facebook Twitter Instagram July 24, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. The Sheaves Edwin Arlington Robinson Where long the shadows of the wind
7/23/2022
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"Fireworks" by Edith Sitwell
Pink faces—(worlds or flowers or seas or stars), Facebook Twitter Instagram July 23, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. Fireworks Edith Sitwell Pink faces—(worlds or flowers or seas or
7/22/2022
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"Dissent and the Hydra" by Jena Osman
We turn our collars up against the chill of raw judicial power Facebook Twitter Instagram July 22, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Dissent and the Hydra Jena Osman “[G]uided by the history and tradition that