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7/21/2022
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"stilettos in a rifle range" by Tyrone Williams
She and she / said switch / so swish Facebook Twitter Instagram July 21, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day stilettos in a rifle range Tyrone Williams She and she said switch so swish he did, having misheard,
7/20/2022
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Summer Camp: the New York School
Themed poems, TikTok videos, glossary terms, and more Facebook Twitter Instagram July 20, 2022 The New York School of poetry began around 1960 in New York City and included poets such as John Ashbery,
7/20/2022
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"Saturnine" by Patricia Spears Jones
We cannot feel microbes in the palms of our hands Facebook Twitter Instagram July 20, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Saturnine Patricia Spears Jones for Karen Taylor We cannot feel microbes in the palms of
7/19/2022
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Visual Art Poems, Epistles, and more
Support Poets.org July 19, 2022 Poems Inspired by Visual Art “The Shield of Achilles” by WH Auden “A Picture” by Olivia Ward Bush-Banks “O' Noblesse O'” by Nikky Finney “Muscular Fantasy” by
7/19/2022
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"time travel" by Mihee Kim
A man who couldn't be redeemed found another Facebook Twitter Instagram July 19, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day time travel Mihee Kim Copyright © 2022 by Mihee Kim. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on
7/18/2022
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"Spider" by César Vallejo, translated by The Friend
It's a massive spider who can't move; Facebook Twitter Instagram July 18, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Spider César Vallejo translated by The Friend It's a massive spider who can't move; a
7/17/2022
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"Gitanjali 60" by Rabindranath Tagore
On the seashore of endless worlds children meet. Facebook Twitter Instagram July 17, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. Gitanjali 60 Rabindranath Tagore On the seashore of endless worlds
7/16/2022
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"The Locust" by Leonora Speyer
Its hot voice sizzles from some cool tree Facebook Twitter Instagram July 16, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. The Locust Leonora Speyer Its hot voice sizzles from some cool tree Near-by:
7/15/2022
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"Leaves of Today" by Kit Robinson
Friday afternoon / Sky receding blue out of bounds Facebook Twitter Instagram July 15, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Leaves of Today Kit Robinson Friday afternoon Sky receding blue out of bounds Waiting for
7/14/2022
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"Lineage Anagrams II" by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram
I sit hard down, write down rules, an age of alg- / ebra I will not renounce for any good shake of god's ale or angle Facebook Twitter Instagram July 13, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Lineage Anagrams II
7/14/2022
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Summer Camp: Surrealism
Themed poems, lesson plans, glossary terms, and more Facebook Twitter Instagram July 13, 2022 Surrealism emerged as the direct result of the publication of André Breton's Le Manifeste du
7/14/2022
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"I Never Felt Comfortable in My Own Skin So I Made a New One" by Xan Phillips
I was on a walk when I was struck by the precarity of the gender that wore me Facebook Twitter Instagram July 14, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day I Never Felt Comfortable in My Own Skin So I Made a New One Xan
7/12/2022
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Ada Limón Appointed United States Poet Laureate
Support Poets.org July 12, 2022 Ada Limón Named 24th US Poet Laureate On July 12, the Library of Congress appointed Ada Limón as the new United States poet laureate. In September, Limón will succeed
7/12/2022
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from "Consequences of a Heavy Heart" by Jennifer Firestone
The whole time you've been writing and thinking ocean because it is unknown, because it's your life. Facebook Twitter Instagram July 12, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day from “Consequences of a Heavy
7/11/2022
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"I, New York" by Lam Lai
I long to hear the history of ordinary people who populate and recreate all over the NYC subway lines, Facebook Twitter Instagram July 11, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day I, New York Lam Lai I long to hear the
7/10/2022
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"The Treasure" by Robinson Jeffers
Mountains, a moment's earth-waves rising and hollowing; the earth too's an ephemerid; the stars— Facebook Twitter Instagram July 10, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. The Treasure
7/9/2022
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"In the Yellowstone" by Harriet Monroe
Little pin-prick geysers, spitting and sputtering; Facebook Twitter Instagram July 9, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. In the Yellowstone Harriet Monroe Little pin-prick geysers, spitting
7/8/2022
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"fire danger high today" by Jaye Elizabeth Elijah
the arms of the bosque form a temple / site a dim sage Facebook Twitter Instagram July 8, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day fire danger high today Jaye Elizabeth Elijah the arms of the bosque form a temple site
7/7/2022
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"Language of the Moon" by Major Jackson
As a child I wanted as many letters / in my bloodstream as the planet Mercury Facebook Twitter Instagram July 7, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Language of the Moon Major Jackson As a child I wanted as many
7/6/2022
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Summer Camp: Harlem Renaissance
Themed poems, lesson plans, glossary terms, and more Facebook Twitter Instagram July 6, 2022 When considering essential movements in American poetry, no conversation would be complete without a