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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
6/20/2022
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"I want" by Jordan Jace

I want to write poems for construction workers and dreamers Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 20, 2022 I want Jordan Jace I want to write poems for construction workers and dreamers
6/19/2022
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"Emancipation" by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Fling out your banners, your honors be bringing, 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
6/18/2022
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"My Love" by Bruce Nugent

My love has hair / Like midnight, 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 each year,
6/17/2022
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"Mentally missturbed" by Ava Hofmann

Mentally missturbed i say saying sd Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 17, 2022 Mentally missturbed Ava Hofmann Copyright © 2022 by Ava Hofmann. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on
6/17/2022
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"dent" by Henneh Kyereh Kwaku

the seat / is upon us / again Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 15, 2022 dent Henneh Kyereh Kwaku i. the seat is upon us again solemn, yet a reminder of death faith, love &
6/17/2022
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"our general banality" by fahima ife

was sex and more of it. sex and talk of it. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 16, 2022 our general banality fahima ife was sex and more of it. sex and talk of it. sex and sexuality and
6/17/2022
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2022 Summer Books List for Young Readers

This summer, we encourage you to check out these poetry titles for the young readers in your life View this email in your browser A Summer Books List for Young Readers This summer, we encourage you to
6/14/2022
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New Content for Juneteenth, Poems for Father's Day, and more

Support Poets.org June 14, 2022 In honor of Juneteenth next week, read a few poems from The Book of American Negro Poetry (Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1922), edited by James Weldon Johnson. “Sic Vita”
6/14/2022
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from "Pink Waves" by Sawako Nakayasu

it was a wave, it was infectious Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 14, 2022 from “Pink Waves” Sawako Nakayasu 5 it was a wave, it was infectious an occasional moment reveals nothing
6/13/2022
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"Bird in Hand" by Jasmine Gibson

Being asked to move into time / To places wishes and daydreams Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 13, 2022 Bird in Hand Jasmine Gibson Being asked to move into time To places wishes and
6/10/2022
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"There Is a Black Fly in Your Chardonnay" by Rindon Johnson

Outside, I have never been lonesome, / Always a fence, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 10, 2022 There Is a Black Fly in Your Chardonnay Rindon Johnson Outside, I have never been
6/9/2022
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"sky hammer" by Julian Talamantez Brolaski

I took my sky hammer & / pounded Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 9, 2022 sky hammer Julian Talamantez Brolaski I took my sky hammer & pounded out a few choice clouds, cirrus
6/8/2022
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"Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula'" by Chase Berggrun

Lying hymn-barren on the dirt floor Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 8, 2022 Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula' Chase Berggrun Lying hymn-barren on the dirt floor, loopy in the
6/7/2022
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Poems Inspired By Music, Jos Charles June Poem-a-Day Guest Editor, and more

Support Poets.org June 7, 2022 Poems Inspired by Music “Guitarrero!” by Cyrus Cassells “Rain Music” by Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. “A Distant Song” by John Gould Fletcher “Song for a Banjo Dance” by
6/7/2022
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"Klangfarbenmelodie" by manuel arturo abreu

clock that measures the opposite of time Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 7, 2022 Klangfarbenmelodie manuel arturo abreu clock that measures the opposite of time ancient pixel built
6/6/2022
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from "When the Rooster Announces the Dawn of Another Day" by Alain Mabanckou, translated by Nancy Naomi Carlson

god turns his back on us Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 6, 2022 from “When the Rooster Announces the Dawn of Another Day” Alain Mabanckou translated by Nancy Naomi Carlson god turns
6/5/2022
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"Of a Certain Friendship" by Elsa Gidlow

Odd how you entered my house quietly, / Quietly left again. Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue to publish the
6/4/2022
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"Voyages V" by Hart Crane

Meticulous, past midnight in clear rime, 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
6/4/2022
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Poems for Graduation, Juneteenth, and LGBTQA+ Pride Month

Plus browse poems and for Father's Day Facebook Twitter Instagram June 2022 Celebrate Juneteenth and honor the work of Black poets by bringing their poetry into the classroom. Browse lesson plans