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4/13/2021
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"Pastoral" by Forrest Gander

Together, / you / standing Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day April 13, 2021 Pastoral Forrest Gander Together, you standing before me before the picture window, my arms around you, our eyes
4/12/2021
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"Grief Dream" by Carol Muske-Dukes

When he appears, he looks into my eyes Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day April 12, 2021 Grief Dream Carol Muske-Dukes When he appears, he looks into my eyes With the gaze of a child missing
4/11/2021
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"Life and Death" by Carrie Williams Clifford

I saw the candle brightly burning in the room! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day April 11, 2021 Life and Death Carrie Williams Clifford Life I saw the candle brightly burning in the room!
4/10/2021
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"The Other Side of Nowhere" by André Naffis-Sahely

Thirty feet above the ground, in a warehouse Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day April 10, 2021 The Other Side of Nowhere André Naffis-Sahely Thirty feet above the ground, in a warehouse in
4/9/2021
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Enter to Win a Virtual Classroom Visit with Aija Mayrock

Author of Dear Girl Facebook Twitter Instagram April 2021 This is a promotional email from the Academy of American Poets. Entries will be collected through April 15. Five to seven winners will be
4/9/2021
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"Nothing Wants to Suffer" by Danusha Laméris

Nothing wants to suffer. Not the wind Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day April 9, 2021 Nothing Wants to Suffer Danusha Laméris after Linda Hogan Nothing wants to suffer. Not the wind as it
4/8/2021
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Terrance Hayes, Regina King, and Lucinda Williams will join Meryl Streep on April 29 to celebrate National Poetry Month

Join us for the first-ever virtual Poetry & the Creative Mind, an annual celebration of poetry and its role across the arts and in our lives. Facebook Twitter Instagram View this email in your
4/8/2021
10 : 24

"House Empty Speaks a Loud Truth, 2018" by Iris Jamahl Dunkle

1. House made of breath exhaled from wooden ribs. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day April 8, 2021 House Empty Speaks a Loud Truth, 2018 Iris Jamahl Dunkle for Charmian Kittredge London 1.
4/7/2021
19 : 54

Happy National Poetry Month!

April is National Poetry Month. Join in the celebration! Facebook Twitter Instagram April 2021 This April, join us as we continue to celebrate the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Month, an occasion
4/7/2021
10 : 14

"Rock Paper Scissors" by Arthur Sze

Midnight snow swirls in the courtyard— Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day April 7, 2021 Rock Paper Scissors Arthur Sze Midnight snow swirls in the courtyard— you wake and mark the steel-gray
4/6/2021
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Poems on Healing, Women Warriors: A Solidarity Reading, and more

Support Poets.org April 6, 2021 Poems on Healing As many of our loved ones begin to get vaccinated against COVID-19, we reflect with poems centering healing, mourning, and survival: “My 24 Hour Version
4/6/2021
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"After Graduate School" by Valencia Robin

Needless to say I support the forsythia's war Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day April 6, 2021 After Graduate School Valencia Robin Needless to say I support the forsythia's war
4/5/2021
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"When Love" by Alicia Ostriker

when love floods a person / it cuts / a canyon Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day April 5, 2021 When Love Alicia Ostriker when love floods a person it cuts a canyon that deepens year after
4/3/2021
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"Winter to Spring" by Irvin W. Underhill

Did not I remember that my hair is grey Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day April 3, 2021 Winter to Spring Irvin W. Underhill Did not I remember that my hair is grey With only a fringe of it
4/2/2021
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"One More Love Poem" by Dunya Mikhail

If I had one more day / I would write a love poem Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day April 2, 2021 One More Love Poem Dunya Mikhail If I had one more day I would write a love poem composed
4/1/2021
10 : 34

"My Einsteinicity" by Lynne Thompson

Let y equal any number of fathers. / Let x equal the numberless planets. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day April 1, 2021 My Einsteinicity Lynne Thompson Let y equal any number of fathers.
3/31/2021
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"La suavecita" by Lupe Mendez

We dress my daughter in amarillo, not butter Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 31, 2021 La suavecita Lupe Mendez We dress my daughter in amarillo, not butter or sunlight or mirasol,
3/31/2021
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"The Roots Do a Live Cover of Mayfield's 'Move On Up'" by Cynthia Dewi Oka

Bilal cries DEAR GOD and Black Thought STROKES Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 30, 2021 The Roots Do a Live Cover of Mayfield's “Move On Up” Cynthia Dewi Oka Copyright © 2021 by
3/28/2021
10 : 24

"O Sea, That Knowest Thy Strength" by Effie Lee Newsome

Hast thou been known to sing, / O sea, that knowest thy strength? Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 28, 2021 O Sea, That Knowest Thy Strength Effie Lee Newsome Hast thou been known to
3/25/2021
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"to hold these contradictions in kinship" by Angela Peñaredondo

forming an arrowhead, ibises carry each other in the direction Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 25, 2021 to hold these contradictions in kinship Angela Peñaredondo forming an