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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
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
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"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
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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
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"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
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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