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7/27/2024
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"At the Pool" by Effie Lee Newsome

I like to stand right still awhile / Beside some forest pool. Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue to publish the
7/26/2024
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"& When They Come for Me (Reprise)" by Golden

I can't give you my eye, / nor a kidney, nor a second Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 26, 2024 & When They Come for Me (Reprise) Golden I can't give you my eye, nor a
7/25/2024
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"Thinking about 'The Little Mermaid' in the Waiting Room of the Otolaryngology Department " by Arianna Monet

Let me be clear: no sea witch would want me like this. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 25, 2024 Thinking about “The Little Mermaid” in the Waiting Room of the Otolaryngology
7/24/2024
17 : 24

"Come out of your houses drumming."

July 24, 2024 summer songs: weekly prompt Ready for a challenge? Catch up on your writing with exclusive prompts by Diane Seuss. Our third writing prompt is inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks's “the
7/24/2024
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"Necessary Conditions" by Justice Ameer

I WANT THE COTTON BACK Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 24, 2024 Necessary Conditions Justice Ameer I WANT THE COTTON BACK I WANT THE FIELDS IT GREW FROM I WANT THE FOOD IT BOUGHT I
7/23/2024
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Starting Next Week: A New Seminar on Rumi

Join life-long learners from around the world for a one-of-a-kind course on Rumi. Turn the page. Open new portals into poetry with our upcoming literary seminars. Haleh Liza Gafori on Rumi Explore
7/23/2024
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"River" by C. T. Salazar

am I the bathtub full of your spring weeds if you're Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 23, 2024 River CT Salazar am I the bathtub full of your spring weeds if you're coming
7/22/2024
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"Dent" by Gaia Rajan

You must convince yourself / you know better than life. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 22, 2024 Dent Gaia Rajan You must convince yourself you know better than life. You know better
7/21/2024
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"The Lonely Street" by William Carlos Williams

School is over. It is too hot 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 each year, and
7/20/2024
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"The Hollow Men " by T. S. Eliot

We are the hollow men 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 each year, and share
7/19/2024
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"tempo" by Ilyus Evander

the last bump was eight years ago Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 19, 2024 tempo Ilyus Evander the last bump was eight years ago i pray the man who sold it to me goes to my heaven i
7/18/2024
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"The Gotham Hotel" by K. Iver

has twenty-five floors. Its letters hum Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 18, 2024 The Gotham Hotel K. Iver has twenty-five floors. Its letters hum to pedestrians in large metal serif.
7/17/2024
17 : 24

"What anchors us to this thirst & earth"

July 17, 2024 summer songs: weekly prompt Put pen to paper and write with us. Our second writing prompt is inspired by Marianne Moore's “Silence.” more at poets.org poems from the archive Read
7/17/2024
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"anyways im radicalized now" by aeon ginsberg

I'm not funding a war Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 17, 2024 anyways im radicalized now aeon ginsberg I'm not funding a war if I pretend the money in my taxes are only
7/16/2024
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"Masculinity Ode" by Ally Ang

I used to think my body craved Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 16, 2024 Masculinity Ode Ally Ang I used to think my body craved annihilation. An inevitability, like the slow
7/15/2024
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"Untitled 1975–86" by jason b crawford

Glorious! what mountain / of mouths i could boulder my tongue Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 15, 2024 Untitled 1975–86 jason b crawford after Alvin Baltrop & Frank O'Hara
7/14/2024
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"The Altar" by Archibald MacLeish

I built an unnamed altar in my heart, 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 each
7/13/2024
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"The Truce and the Peace" by Robinson Jeffers

Peace now for every fury has had her day, 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
7/12/2024
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"against cleansing" by Marlin M. Jenkins

if cleansing be needed for me Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 12, 2024 against cleansing Marlin M. Jenkins if cleansing be needed for me to be clean, i cling then to the grime. the
7/11/2024
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"Love poem with a dying cat" by Nen G. Ramirez

Two years into anorexia recovery, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 11, 2024 Love poem with a dying cat Nen G. Ramirez Two years into anorexia recovery, when I begin to miss dying more