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7/29/2021
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"Landscape with a Hundred Turns" by Yanyi
When you turned into a hundred rooms, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 29, 2021 Landscape with a Hundred Turns Yanyi When you turned into a hundred rooms, I returned each month as a
7/28/2021
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"UPON Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America...." by Ronaldo V. Wilson
Firehose blast pummels. Torqued silhouettes. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 28, 2021 UPON Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America, New Museum, New York, 2021. / DOUBLE
7/27/2021
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A New Poem by Alberto Ríos, 2022 First Book Award Judge Announced, and more
Support Poets.org July 27, 2021 Taking Your Olympic Measure Alberto Ríos —Poetry was an Olympic event from 1912-1948. Think of the records you have held: For one second, you were the world's
7/27/2021
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Summer Camp: Poems and Activities About the Future
Themed poems, lesson plans, glossary terms, and more Facebook Twitter Instagram July 27, 2021 “Look back only for as long as you must, Then go forward into the history you will make.” —Alberto Ríos
7/27/2021
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"I Was a Good Wife" by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
and an even better / wolf, jawed to a thicket of lonely Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 27, 2021 I Was a Good Wife Vanessa Angélica Villarreal for helios, not yet a collapsed star
7/26/2021
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"Give-Away Song" by Gwen Westerman
This is my give-away— / not because I don't want Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 26, 2021 Give-Away Song Gwen Westerman This is my give-away— not because I don't want it
7/25/2021
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"Earth Evanescent" by Maxwell Anderson
If other planets dark as earth / About dim trembling stars 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,
7/24/2021
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"Memory" by George Moses Horton
Sweet memory, like a pleasing dream, 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 this series
7/23/2021
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"Resist" by Brandy Nālani McDougall
Stand in rage as wind and current clash Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 23, 2021 Resist Brandy Nālani McDougall Qawem ya sha'abi, qawemhum. Resist my people, resist them. —Dareen
7/22/2021
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"Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Life)" by Sara Marie Ortiz
At Haak'u / Within the community, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 22, 2021 Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Life) Sara Marie Ortiz At Haak'u Within the community, on the land, in it
7/21/2021
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"Professional Spanish Knocks on the Door" by Elisabet Velasquez
At first we don't answer. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 21, 2021 Professional Spanish Knocks on the Door Elisabet Velasquez At first we don't answer. Knocks that loud
7/20/2021
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Poems by the 2021 Poets Laureate Fellows and more
Support Poets.org July 20, 2021 2021 Poets Laureate Fellows' Poems Read a selection of poems by half of this year's Poets Laureate Fellows. These poets, along with the rest of their cohort,
7/20/2021
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Summer Camp: Poems and Activities About History
Themed poems, lesson plans, glossary terms, and more Facebook Twitter Instagram July 20, 2021 “History has to live with what was here, clutching and close to fumbling all we had—” —Robert Lowell Poetry
7/20/2021
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"A Love Note" by Adeeba Shahid Talukder
My love, / you are water upon water Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 20, 2021 A Love Note Adeeba Shahid Talukder for Willem My love, you are water upon water upon water until it turns
7/19/2021
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"The Year Before I Left For Mars" by Margaret Rhee
That night the moon's song was Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 19, 2021 The Year Before I Left For Mars Margaret Rhee That night the moon's song was Cupped by the edge of the
7/18/2021
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"The Call to Duty" by George Reginald Margetson
The morning breaks upon the shore 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 this series with
7/17/2021
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"Midsummer" by Léonie Adams
This starbreak is celestial air, 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 this series with
7/16/2021
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"where all, we flowers" by Jasmine Reid
where all with flowers your first bloody lips Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 16, 2021 where all, we flowers Jasmine Reid where all with flowers your first bloody lips in grass from
7/16/2021
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"window on my part-time employer in the one building that was once two" by Sheila Maldonado
i'm writing to the building of writing that is continually giving us the boot. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 14, 2021 window on my part-time employer in the one building that
7/16/2021
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"Rememory" by Roya Marsh
is the sound of me thinking Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 15, 2021 Rememory Roya Marsh is the sound of me thinking in a language stolen from my ancestors. I can't tell you who