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7/6/2022
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"How could I have known I would need to remember your laughter," by Lauren K. Alleyne

the way it ricocheted—a boomerang flung Facebook Twitter Instagram July 6, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day How could I have known I would need to remember your laughter, Lauren K. Alleyne the way it ricocheted
7/5/2022
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2021 Poets Laureate Fellows Interviews, Poets' Birthdays, and more

Support Poets.org July 5, 2022 “In this time of emotional and physical ache, pandemic grief, and racial upheaval, in this moment of cultural plate tectonics, shifting paradigms into the insecure glint
7/5/2022
10 : 14

"The Neighbor’s Street Sirens Sing" by Ed Roberson

in the neighbors' churches the culture has / a strict cante ostinado of mass Facebook Twitter Instagram July 5, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day The Neighbor's Street Sirens Sing Ed Roberson (for Uvalde
7/4/2022
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"Tenant" by Emily Skillings

Crablike / it uncloaks / from itself— Facebook Twitter Instagram July 4, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Tenant Emily Skillings Crablike it uncloaks from itself— removes its own ghost- ly paper. A leg of
7/3/2022
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"Lincoln" by John Gould Fletcher

Like a gaunt, scraggly pine / Which lifts its head above the mournful sandhills; Facebook Twitter Instagram July 3, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. Lincoln John Gould Fletcher I Like a
7/2/2022
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"Answer July" by Emily Dickinson

Answer July— / Where is the Bee— Facebook Twitter Instagram July 2, 2022 Made possible thanks to readers like you. Donate Answer July Emily Dickinson Answer July— Where is the Bee— Where is the Blush—
7/1/2022
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"Do not trust the eraser" by Rosamond S. King

Do not trust the eraser. Prefer Facebook Twitter Instagram July 1, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day Do not trust the eraser Rosamond S. King for Gabrielle Civil & Madhu H. Kaza Do not trust the eraser.
6/30/2022
20 : 34

2022 Summer Books List

This summer, we encourage you to check out these poetry titles from our partners, sponsors, and advertisers. View this email in your browser A 2022 Summer Books List This summer, we encourage you to
6/30/2022
10 : 14

"Dunbar" by Anne Spencer

Ah, how poets sing and die! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 30, 2022 Dunbar Anne Spencer Ah, how poets sing and die! Make one song and Heaven takes it; Have one heart and Beauty
6/29/2022
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"b&w sonnet no. 1" by giovanni singleton

sonnet14 Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 29, 2022 b&w sonnet no. 1 giovanni singleton sonnet 14 Copyright © 2022 by giovanni singleton. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on June
6/28/2022
21 : 14

Poems from On a Grey Thread and more

Support Poets.org June 28, 2022 Celebrate Pride Month by reading all the poems published in Elsa Gidlow's On a Grey Thread (Will Ransom, 1923). “A Happy Song” “The Poet” “This Is Not Love” “You Are
6/28/2022
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"Darkened Solar Implication" by Will Alexander

Lunar signals on Earth / being a sign of splotched deficits Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 28, 2022 Darkened Solar Implication Will Alexander Lunar signals on Earth being a sign of
6/27/2022
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"On September 14th, Dante’s Death Day" by Pierre Joris

gone 700 years today / leaving us here, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 27, 2022 On September 14th, Dante's Death Day Pierre Joris gone 700 years today leaving us here, in the
6/26/2022
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"The Pool" by Bryher

You mirage a dead world / in the white pool. Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue to publish the work of 260 poets
6/25/2022
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"A Decade" by Amy Lowell

When you came, you were like red wine and honey, Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue to publish the work of 260
6/24/2022
10 : 14

from "The Rose" by Ariana Reines

I heard myself in every cell the singer sang Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 24, 2022 from “The Rose” Ariana Reines I heard myself in every cell the singer sang The wind in the
6/23/2022
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"[subterranean / dreaming grace roots]" by Nat Raha

subterranean / dreaming grace roots Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 23, 2022 [subterranean / dreaming grace roots] Nat Raha subterranean dreaming grace roots we feast from (:) calls
6/22/2022
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"Country People Enjoy Dogs" by Manal Kara

Country people enjoy dogs like i'm / telling a story that really ought to tell itself Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 22, 2022 [Country people enjoy dogs...] Manal Kara COUNTRY
6/21/2022
21 : 44

Celebrating Paul Laurence Dunbar, Summer Solstice, and more

Support Poets.org June 21, 2022 Celebrate Paul Laurence Dunbar on his 150th anniversary on June 27 by reading poems published in The Collected Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar (Dodd, Mead and Company,
6/21/2022
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"Love Poem with Bighead" by Kaveh Akbar

the dignity I've actually earned could fit / in a pigeon's eye, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 21, 2022 Love Poem with Bighead Kaveh Akbar the dignity I've actually