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12/7/2021
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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
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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
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"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
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"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
12/4/2021
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"Winter with the Gulf Stream" by Gerard Manley Hopkins
The boughs, the boughs are bare enough, / But earth has not yet felt the snow. Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue to publish the work of
12/3/2021
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from "The Book of Absence" by Alireza Roshan, translated by Erfan Mojib and Gary Gach
The foot / that brought me to You Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day December 3, 2021 from “The Book of Absence” Alireza Roshan translated by Erfan Mojib and Gary Gach The foot that brought
12/2/2021
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Join us Next Week: Poetry & Appetite
Join us on December 9 for "Poetry & Appetite" Join us next week for Poetry & Appetite, a special conversation with Academy Chancellors Ellen Bass, Marilyn Chin, Forrest Gander,
12/2/2021
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"Fog" by Ruth Madievsky
between my ribs, fog above the cemetery / where my grandmother Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day December 2, 2021 Fog Ruth Madievsky between my ribs, fog above the cemetery where my
12/1/2021
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"In the Event Of" by Shane McCrae
Officer how you know I'm dancing is the body Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day December 1, 2021 In the Event Of Shane McCrae Officer how you know I'm dancing is the body -cam. Look,
11/30/2021
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Poems for Giving Tuesday, Final Week to Apply for the Guggenheim Poet-in-Residence, and more
Support Poets.org this Giving Tuesday November 30, 2021 National Day of Giving To mark the beginning of the giving season, read these poems about generosity and hope from Poets.org: “Be Kind” by
11/30/2021
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Our gift to you for #GivingTuesday
Two weeks ago, we were lucky to gather with over 5000 poets and readers... Facebook Twitter Instagram Make a Giving Tuesday gift November 30, 2021 Dear Reader— Two weeks ago, I was lucky to gather with
11/30/2021
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"When your son abandons the lawnmower for the second time in as many days" by Peter Grandbois
We all want to leave this widening night, / this barking at the thing Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 30, 2021 When your son abandons the lawnmower for the second time in as many
11/29/2021
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"no more grandma poems" by Yolanda Wisher
they said / forget your grandma Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 29, 2021 no more grandma poems Yolanda Wisher they said forget your grandma these american letters don't need
11/28/2021
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"A Desert Memory" by Bertrand N. O. Walker
Lonely, open, vast and free, / The dark'ning desert lies; 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
11/27/2021
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"Fancies" by Mrs. Minot Carter
If we could return from our last long rest / And seek out the ones we loved Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue to publish the work of 260
11/26/2021
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"Poem that Wanted to Be a Brueghel" by William Stobb
Snowy road with red / soil ruts where a wagon struggled. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 26, 2021 Poem that Wanted to Be a Brueghel William Stobb Snowy road with red soil ruts
11/25/2021
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"(De)colonial Therapy" by Esther Belin
The cat releases his / urine on your side Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 25, 2021 (De)colonial Therapy Esther Belin The cat releases his urine on your side of the bed where it
11/23/2021
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Poems for Thanksgiving, Guggenheim Poet-in-Residence, and more
Support Poets.org November 23, 2021 Thanksgiving Poems Gather and reflect this Thanksgiving with these poems from Poets.org: “América” by Richard Blanco “If You Knew” by Ruth Muskrat Bronson “Perhaps
11/23/2021
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"It would be water" by Kathy Engel
how it comes from the sky because I am dry because / I am thirsty Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 23, 2021 It would be water Kathy Engel how it comes from the sky because I am
11/22/2021
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"The Door-to-Door Saleswoman " by Robin Chapman
Look, I'm knocking on your door, / satchel full of flyers Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day November 22, 2021 The Door-to-Door Saleswoman Robin Chapman Look, I'm knocking on your