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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
6/4/2022
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"Caught Sight" by Claire Meuschke
An unexpected storm puts out smoldering forest roots, ending fire season early. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 3, 2022 Caught Sight Claire Meuschke 1 An unexpected storm puts out
6/2/2022
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"Rest House" by Brandon Shimoda
I see something moving / in the trees Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 2, 2022 Rest House Brandon Shimoda I see something moving in the trees across the river It is convincing me that
6/1/2022
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"Hinemoana" by essa may ranapiri
Hinemoana reads poetry in the first / light of the morning Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 1, 2022 Hinemoana essa may ranapiri for Elizabeth, Sinead, Michelle, & Hinemoana
5/31/2022
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Poems for Pride Month, Conversations with Walt Whitman, and more
Support Poets.org May 31, 2022 Poems for Pride Month “i love you to the moon &” by Chen Chen “from obedience [the clock is on time]” by kari edwards “This Is What Makes Us Worlds” by Joshua
5/31/2022
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"Seawall soliloquy number two: she built a seawall" by Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner
My cousin // had a nightmare Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 31, 2022 Seawall soliloquy number two: she built a seawall Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner My cousin had a nightmare that we kept
5/30/2022
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"Fire Dragon" by Sage Uʻilani Takehiro
Lao Ye sits at the edge of hala trees / where rolls of brown and yellow Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 30, 2022 Fire Dragon Sage Uʻilani Takehiro for Linus Chao Lao Ye sits at the
5/29/2022
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"The Gift of India" by Sarojini Naidu
s there aught you need that my hands withhold, / Rich gifts of raiment or grain or gold? Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American
5/28/2022
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"[The sun is lord of life and colour]" by Iris Tree
The sun is lord of life and colour, / Blood of the rose and hyacinth, Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue to
5/27/2022
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"The Weavers Were the First to Know" by Arielle Taitano Lowe
The invasion came like a whisper, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 27, 2022 The Weavers Were the First to Know Arielle Taitano Lowe The invasion came like a whisper, and the leaves
5/26/2022
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"The Only Place in the U.S. with Zero COVID Deaths" by Terisa Siagatonu
is American Sāmoa / I bet my entire Sāmoan life Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 26, 2022 The Only Place in the US with Zero COVID Deaths Terisa Siagatonu Copyright © 2022 by Terisa
5/25/2022
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"By Your Hand" by Haʻåni Lucia Falo San Nicolas
I peer at the ridges of your palm, / rested along the crevice of mine Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 25, 2022 By Your Hand Haʻåni Lucia Falo San Nicolas for Deon I peer at the ridges
5/24/2022
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Poems by Sadakichi Hartmann, Audio Poems, and more
Support Poets.org May 24, 2022 Celebrate Asian American/Pacific Islander Month with all the poems from Drifting Flowers of the Sea and Other Poems, self published by Sadakichi Hartmann in 1904. “Parfum
5/24/2022
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"The Viole(n)t Cat" by Dan Taulapapa McMullin
I hear you / Outside my winter studio Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 24, 2022 The Viole(n)t Cat Dan Taulapapa McMullin I hear you Outside my winter studio Moaning in the alley below
5/23/2022
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"Imaginary Photo Album or, When We Die, Our Polaroids Speak to Our Living Descendants" by Art 25: Art in the 25th Century
To Keep / the memories nimble, place your fingers inside the mouth of her hair Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 23, 2022 Imaginary Photo Album or, When We Die, Our Polaroids Speak to
5/22/2022
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"Ahead and Around" by Laura Riding Jackson
Ahead and Around / Met, quarreled, quilled the bird of peace, Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue to publish the
5/21/2022
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"Dorothy Dances" by Louis Untermeyer
This is no child that dances. This is flame. 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
5/20/2022
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"huki the gate" by kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui
huki the gate— / work the lock with your fingers, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 20, 2022 huki the gate kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui for Kauaʻi paniolo Uncle David Hepa and Uncle Keoki Ka
5/19/2022
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"Waikīkī Returns" by Christy Passion
I do not have any memories of Waikīkī ever being like this Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 19, 2022 Waikīkī Returns Christy Passion I do not have any memories of Waikīkī ever being
5/18/2022
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"Our Red Road" by Donovan Kūhiō Colleps
This morning I didn't even honi you when I came in. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 18, 2022 Our Red Road Donovan Kūhiō Colleps This morning I didn't even honi you when I came