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8/14/2022
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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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