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6/12/2021
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"Seashells" by Alexander Posey

I picked up shells with ruby lips Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 12, 2021 Seashells Alexander Posey I picked up shells with ruby lips That spoke in whispers of the sea, Upon a time,
6/11/2021
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"[there must be one thing you can’t have in order to be alive]" by Jon-Michael Frank

there must be one thing you can't have in order to be alive Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 11, 2021 [there must be one thing you can't have in order to be alive] Jon-Michael
6/10/2021
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Summer Reading List for Young Readers

View this email in your browser Summer Poetry Reading List for Young Readers This summer, we encourage you to check out these poetry titles for children, YA novels in verse, and books by poets for
6/10/2021
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"Interrogation of an Alternate Timeline" by Hazem Fahmy

On a dusty rooftop in Giza, I tell Imam, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 10, 2021 Interrogation of an Alternate Timeline Hazem Fahmy On a dusty rooftop in Giza, I tell Imam, in
6/9/2021
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"Pastoral" by Hanae Jonas

I watched my old life go by like television. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 9, 2021 Pastoral Hanae Jonas I watched my old life go by like television. Slopes of grass whipping
6/8/2021
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The Academy of American Poets Awards $1.1 Million to twenty-three Poets Laureate

Support Poets.org June 8, 2021 The Academy of American Poets Awards $1.1 Million to twenty-three Poets Laureate Across the Country The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce its 2021 Poets
6/8/2021
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"I Don't Say Goodbye, I Only Say Ciao—" by Gabrielle Octavia Rucker

What bloody lense holds firm between this mystery & us? Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 8, 2021 I Don't Say Goodbye, I Only Say Ciao Gabrielle Octavia Rucker What bloody
6/7/2021
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Join Us Tonight for the Launch of 'Worldly Things' by Michael Kleber-Diggs

The Max Ritvo Poetry Prize Presents: The Launch of Worldly Things by Michael Kleber-Diggs, the Winner of the 2021 Max Ritvo Poetry Prize Don't miss the inaugural event of the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize
6/7/2021
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"Perseverance" by Deborah Paredez

We've landed on the planet named after the god of war Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 7, 2021 Perseverance Deborah Paredez 18 February 2021 We've landed on the planet named
6/6/2021
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"Knowledge" by Louise Bogan

Now that I know / How passion warms little Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 6, 2021 Knowledge Louise Bogan Now that I know How passion warms little Of flesh in the mould, And treasure
6/5/2021
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"Ode to the Sun" by Eloise Bibb Thompson

How many scenes, O sun, / Hast thou not shone upon! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 5, 2021 Ode to the Sun Eloise Bibb Thompson How many scenes, O sun, Hast thou not shone upon! How
6/4/2021
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"(telling)" by danilo machado

origin myth: / much before a further future elsewhere, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 4, 2021 (telling) danilo machado Let's thus shine these myths to make apparent the spots
6/3/2021
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"Last Best Niche" by Cyrée Jarelle Johnson

When I was seventeen, / ecstasy disguised itself as vice: Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 3, 2021 Last Best Niche Cyrée Jarelle Johnson found language from Brideshead Revisited When
6/2/2021
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"Ways to Disappear" by Camille Rankine

In the dark / Down a stairwell Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 2, 2021 Ways to Disappear Camille Rankine In the dark Down a stairwell Through the doorway Gone west With a new wish In
6/1/2021
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"All Along, I Laid, Halved" by Ayesha Raees

The lake was (all along) a reservoir. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day June 1, 2021 All Along, I Laid, Halved Ayesha Raees The lake was (all along) a reservoir. My third grade trip was to
5/31/2021
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"i love you to the moon &" by Chen Chen

not back, let's not come back, let's go by the speed of Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 31, 2021 i love you to the moon & Chen Chen not back, let's not come back,
5/30/2021
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"Looking at the Moon After Rain" by Li Po, translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell

The heavy clouds are broken and blowing, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 30, 2021 Looking at the Moon After Rain Li Po Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell The heavy clouds
5/29/2021
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"Sonnet—Baugmaree" by Toru Dutt

A sea of foliage girds our garden round, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 29, 2021 Sonnet—Baugmaree Toru Dutt A sea of foliage girds our garden round, But not a sea of dull unvaried
5/27/2021
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"When Struck by Night" by Luther Hughes

For our new apartment, which my mother may never see Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 27, 2021 When Struck by Night Luther Hughes For our new apartment, which my mother may never see
5/26/2021
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"In the Beginning" by Donika Kelly

In the beginning, there was your mouth: Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 26, 2021 In the Beginning Donika Kelly In the beginning, there was your mouth: soft rose, rose murmur, murmured