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12/21/2021
13 : 24
"Oh!" by Luis Muñoz, translated by Garth Greenwell and Idra Novey
Voice of the shopping bags / whirled in the wind Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Make a special gift today to sustain this free daily series year-round. Facebook Twitter Instagram December 21, 2021 Oh!
12/20/2021
11 : 14
"The Mud Sermon" by Ishion Hutchinson
They shovelled the long trenches day and night. Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Make a special gift today to sustain this free daily series year-round. Facebook Twitter Instagram December 20, 2021 The
12/19/2021
11 : 4
"Change on Change" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Three months ago, the stream did flow, / The lilies bloomed along the edge; Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Make a special gift today to sustain this free daily series year-round. Facebook Twitter
12/18/2021
11 : 14
"Snow" by Charles Bertram Johnson
All day the clouds / Grow cold and fall, Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Make a special gift today to sustain this free daily series year-round. Facebook Twitter Instagram December 18, 2021 Snow
12/17/2021
11 : 14
"three Black poems from August" by Danez Smith
escape & travel mean the same to me. add took Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Make a special gift today to sustain this free daily series year-round. Facebook Twitter Instagram December 17, 2021
12/16/2021
11 : 14
"Vespers" by Meg Day
Because I don't / have to anymore, Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Make a special gift today to sustain this free daily series year-round. Facebook Twitter Instagram December 16, 2021 Vespers Meg
12/15/2021
15 : 9
Help ensure Poem-a-Day can continue to connect readers in the year ahead
“Poetry gives us a place to make beautiful sense out of the contradictions and the complexity of life, a place to remember beauty” —Joy Harjo Dear Reader, In this time of continued distance, thank you
12/14/2021
22 : 14
Chancellor Poems, Apply for the 2022 Ambroggio Prize, and more
Support Poets.org December 14, 2021 Chancellor Poems As the Fall-Winter series of chancellor events comes to an end, read these poems by the elected group of distinguished poets who advise the Academy
12/14/2021
11 : 14
"何日/What Day" by Paisley Rekdal
On this seventh day / of the seventh month, magpies Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Make a special gift today to sustain this free daily series year-round. Facebook Twitter Instagram December 14, 2021
12/13/2021
11 : 14
"What Is Not" by Arthur Solway
My twisted alibi, the silent who / and almighty why Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Make a special gift today to sustain this free daily series year-round. Facebook Twitter Instagram December 13, 2021
12/12/2021
11 : 14
"Minna (IX)" by Maxwell Bodenheim
Sedate and archaic, a twilight-frilled haze / Walks over the meadows like rolled-out centuries Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Make a special gift today to sustain this free daily series year-round.
12/11/2021
11 : 4
"Paradox" by Georgia Douglas Johnson
I know you love me better, cold— / Strange as the pyramids of old, Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Make a special gift today to sustain this free daily series year-round. Facebook Twitter Instagram
12/10/2021
11 : 14
"Trap Music" by David Tomas Martinez
Wet Charles dropped by the homeboys / in his busted high-top burgundy Chucks, Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Make a special gift today to sustain this free daily series year-round. Facebook Twitter
12/8/2021
20 : 4
Tomorrow: Poetry & Appetite
Join us tomorrow, December 9, for "Poetry & Appetite" Join us tomorrow for Poetry & Appetite, a special conversation with Academy Chancellors Ellen Bass, Marilyn Chin, Forrest Gander,
12/8/2021
18 : 24
Poems and Lesson Plans for Winter and the Upcoming Holidays
Facebook Twitter Instagram December 2021 To celebrate the holidays in December, share poems about Christmas, Chanukah, New Year's, and more with our selection of holiday poems for kids featuring
12/8/2021
11 : 14
"Big Clock'" by Li-Young Lee
When the big clock at the train station stopped, / the leaves kept falling, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day December 8, 2021 Big Clock Li-Young Lee When the big clock at the train station
12/7/2021
22 : 4
Poetry & Appetite, Poems for Human Rights Day, and more
Support Poets.org December 7, 2021 Poems for Human Rights Day December 10 marks Human Rights Day, a global observation of the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration
12/7/2021
14 : 34
from "The Trees Witness Everything" by Victoria Chang
They are not wisdom / or freedom or history. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day December 7, 2021 from “The Trees Witness Everything” Victoria Chang The Wild Geese They are not wisdom or
12/6/2021
11 : 14
"Dancing, before you were born" by J. Hope Stein
It was like the universal scene / for miscarriage Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day December 6, 2021 Dancing, before you were born J. Hope Stein It was like the universal scene for
12/5/2021
11 : 4
"Appalling Heart" by Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
City stir—wind on eardrum— / dancewind: herbstained— 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, and