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5/25/2021
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Poems for Memorial Day, the 2021–2022 Poetry Coalition Fellowships, and more
Support Poets.org May 25, 2021 Poems for Memorial Day This Memorial Day, we mourn the detriments of war with these poems from Poets.org: “the sonnet-ballad” by Gwendolyn Brooks “Alfonzo Prepares to Go
5/25/2021
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"Muscular Fantasy" by Terrance Hayes
I was thinking about that museum Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 25, 2021 Muscular Fantasy Terrance Hayes For October I was thinking about that museum with just the one painted stamp
5/24/2021
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"Hypothesis" by Paul Tran
Whether it's true / that the moth mistakes the candle's flame Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 24, 2021 Hypothesis Paul Tran Whether it's true that the moth mistakes the
5/23/2021
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"The Blue-Green Stream" by Wang Wei, translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell
Every time I have started for the Yellow Flower River, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 23, 2021 The Blue-Green Stream Wang Wei Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell Every
5/21/2021
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"Grace Among the Ferns" by Analicia Sotelo
The ferns—sharp lime green, lean over Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 21, 2021 Grace Among the Ferns Analicia Sotelo The ferns—sharp lime green, lean over the concrete like a woman
5/20/2021
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"Looking for the Beautiful Things" by Joy Priest
I live in Texas now. & in the next lane over on I-10 Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 20, 2021 Looking for the Beautiful Things Joy Priest I live in Texas now. & in the next
5/19/2021
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"Logically, I Know the Circus" by Paige Lewis
exists to keep audiences Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 19, 2021 Logically, I Know the Circus Paige Lewis exists to keep audiences unsatisfied with their mundane homelives, yet here
5/18/2021
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"The Vault" by Andrés Cerpa
Little wave / in thought. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 18, 2021 The Vault Andrés Cerpa Little wave in thought. Blank architecture that holds me. This is a little psalm in the moon-
5/17/2021
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"The Waiting" by Jane Wong
I was waiting for something / to arrive. I didn't know what. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 17, 2021 The Waiting Jane Wong I was waiting for something to arrive. I didn't
5/16/2021
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"How Near to Fairyland" by Yone Noguchi
The spring warmth steals into me, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 16, 2021 How Near to Fairyland Yone Noguchi The spring warmth steals into me, drying up all the tears of my soul, And
5/14/2021
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"Almost Buried" by Jose Hernandez Diaz
When my twin brother tells me stories about hanging out Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 14, 2021 Almost Buried Jose Hernandez Diaz When my twin brother tells me stories about hanging
5/14/2021
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Join Us for Books Noted Live with Nikky Finney & Arisa White
Join the Academy of American Poets tomorrow, May 14, from 7 to 7:45 pm EDT, for Books Noted Live, a virtual reading and conversation series featuring poets with new or forthcoming books. The Academy is
5/11/2021
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Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, Books Noted Live, The State of Poetry
Support Poets.org May 11, 2021 Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month Celebrate Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month with this collection of poems: “I Want the Wide American Earth” by Carlos Bulosan “
5/11/2021
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"Grandpa" by Diana Marie Delgado
for seven days / we left him Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 11, 2021 Grandpa Diana Marie Delgado for seven days we left him on the lawn near a flower no english in his spine just
5/10/2021
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"Moving the Bones" by Rick Barot
There are too many ancestors, so we are gathering their bones. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 10, 2021 Moving the Bones Rick Barot There are too many ancestors, so we are gathering
5/9/2021
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"Gitanjali 83" by Rabindranath Tagore
Mother, I shall weave a chain of pearls Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 9, 2021 Gitanjali 83 Rabindranath Tagore Mother, I shall weave a chain of pearls for thy neck with my tears of
5/8/2021
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"Vanishing" by Brittney Corrigan
As the world's cities teem / with children—flooding Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 8, 2021 Vanishing Brittney Corrigan Nearly one-third of the wild birds in the United States and
5/7/2021
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Poems for Mother's Day
Plus browse poems Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month and graduation Facebook Twitter Instagram May 2020 Mother's Day is May 9. Celebrate with kid-friendly poems about mothers and motherhood: “
5/7/2021
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"'Pages 1-4,' an excerpt from The Ferguson Report: An Erasure” by Nicole Sealey
we called out as in we neighed Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 7, 2021 “'Pages 1-4,' an excerpt from The Ferguson Report: An Erasure” Nicole Sealey Copyright © 2021 by Nicole
5/6/2021
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"Parable of the Unclean Spirit" by Sara Eliza Johnson
You can't remember what they did to you. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day May 6, 2021 Parable of the Unclean Spirit Sara Eliza Johnson You can't remember what they did to you. Your