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3/8/2021
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"Soulwork" by Tracy K. Smith
One's is to feed. One's is to cleave. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 8, 2021 Soulwork Tracy K. Smith One's is to feed. One's is to cleave. One's to be doubled
3/7/2021
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"If You Knew" by Ruth Muskrat Bronson
If you could know the empty ache of loneliness, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 7, 2021 If You Knew Ruth Muskrat Bronson If you could know the empty ache of loneliness, Masked well
3/6/2021
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"Map" by Linda Hogan
This is the world / so vast and lonely Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 6, 2021 Map Linda Hogan This is the world so vast and lonely without end, with mountains named for men who
3/5/2021
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"Torch" by Deborah A. Miranda
The old man cruises our neighborhood / in a 2-tone Chevy built like a fort; Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 5, 2021 Torch Deborah A. Miranda The old man cruises our neighborhood in
3/3/2021
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"1967, Girl and Snow" by Corrinne Clegg Hales
On nights like this, she sleeps with the car's jack handle Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 3, 2021 1967, Girl and Snow Corrinne Clegg Hales On nights like this, she sleeps with
3/2/2021
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Poems for Women's History Month, Book Recommendation from Amie Whittemore, and more
Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poets.org March 2, 2021 Women's History Month Celebrate Women's History Month with this collection of poems from Poets.org: “Phenomenal Woman” (audio only) by
3/2/2021
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"Prologue to a Womanhood" by Hera Naguib
Because dirt, my uncle called, / wore my human face, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 2, 2021 Prologue to a Womanhood Hera Naguib Because dirt, my uncle called, wore my human face,
3/1/2021
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"The Moons of Neptune" by Như Xuân Nguyễn
I bet my body for my body. My sex becomes medical waste. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 1, 2021 The Moons of Neptune Như Xuân Nguyễn Triton I bet my body for my body. My sex
2/28/2021
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"Thought." by Alice Dunbar-Nelson
A swift, successive chain of things, / That flash, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 28, 2021 Thought. Alice Dunbar-Nelson A swift, successive chain of things, That flash,
2/27/2021
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"My Loves" by Langston Hughes
I love to see the big white moon, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 27, 2021 My Loves Langston Hughes I love to see the big white moon, A-shining in the sky; I love to see the
2/26/2021
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You're invited: join us for the first-ever virtual Poetry & the Creative Mind on April 29, 2021
Meryl Streep will read alongside other luminaries from across the arts and culture in celebration of National Poetry Month Facebook Twitter Instagram Join the Academy of American Poets, its Board of
2/26/2021
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"Skin Tight" by Ishmael Reed
The internal organs were growling Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 26, 2021 Skin Tight Ishmael Reed The internal organs were growling According to them They did all of the work
2/25/2021
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Participate in Dear Poet 2021
Thank you bringing poetry into your classroom Facebook Twitter Instagram February 25, 2021 Teachers and librarians, every National Poetry Month we present Dear Poet, a multimedia education project that
2/24/2021
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"Naming the Baby" by Yesenia Montilla
I couldn't bring myself / to read through Breonna's social Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 24, 2021 Naming the Baby Yesenia Montilla I couldn't bring myself to read
2/23/2021
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"Sonic Fireflies" by Quincy Troupe
the beauty of jazz & blues voices, / syncopation of syllables flowing Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 23, 2021 Sonic Fireflies Quincy Troupe the beauty of jazz & blues
2/22/2021
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"Six" by Jacqueline Jones LaMon
The water pressure from a fire hose / can stop a moving bullet, can ransack Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 22, 2021 Six Jacqueline Jones LaMon The Children's March, 1963 The
2/21/2021
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"To Winter" by Claude McKay
Stay, season of calm love and soulful snows! Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 21, 2021 To Winter Claude McKay Stay, season of calm love and soulful snows! There is a subtle
2/20/2021
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"Calling Dreams" by Georgia Douglas Johnson
The right to make my dreams come true, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 20, 2021 Calling Dreams Georgia Douglas Johnson The right to make my dreams come true, I ask, nay, I demand
2/19/2021
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"At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Maritza Soto Has Already Discovered Three Planets" by Vincent Toro
Haloed by the glow of the multiverse swirling Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 19, 2021 At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Maritza Soto Has Already Discovered Three Planets Vincent
2/18/2021
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"How I Pray in the Plague" by Kwame Dawes
In these silences, the bubbles of hurt are indistinguishable from the terror Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day February 18, 2021 How I Pray in the Plague Kwame Dawes I was rehearsing the