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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
10 : 16

"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
10 : 4

"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
10 : 14

"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
10 : 14

"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
7/21/2022
10 : 24

"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
21 : 4

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
18 : 34

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
10 : 24

"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
10 : 14

"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
10 : 14

"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
10 : 45

"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
10 : 37

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