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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
2 : 44

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