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7/21/2024
10 : 14

"The Lonely Street" by William Carlos Williams

School is over. It is too hot Facebook Twitter Instagram 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
7/20/2024
10 : 24

"The Hollow Men " by T. S. Eliot

We are the hollow men Facebook Twitter Instagram 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
7/19/2024
10 : 4

"tempo" by Ilyus Evander

the last bump was eight years ago Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 19, 2024 tempo Ilyus Evander the last bump was eight years ago i pray the man who sold it to me goes to my heaven i
7/18/2024
10 : 4

"The Gotham Hotel" by K. Iver

has twenty-five floors. Its letters hum Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 18, 2024 The Gotham Hotel K. Iver has twenty-five floors. Its letters hum to pedestrians in large metal serif.
7/17/2024
17 : 24

"What anchors us to this thirst & earth"

July 17, 2024 summer songs: weekly prompt Put pen to paper and write with us. Our second writing prompt is inspired by Marianne Moore's “Silence.” more at poets.org poems from the archive Read
7/17/2024
10 : 24

"anyways im radicalized now" by aeon ginsberg

I'm not funding a war Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 17, 2024 anyways im radicalized now aeon ginsberg I'm not funding a war if I pretend the money in my taxes are only
7/16/2024
10 : 24

"Masculinity Ode" by Ally Ang

I used to think my body craved Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 16, 2024 Masculinity Ode Ally Ang I used to think my body craved annihilation. An inevitability, like the slow
7/15/2024
10 : 4

"Untitled 1975–86" by jason b crawford

Glorious! what mountain / of mouths i could boulder my tongue Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 15, 2024 Untitled 1975–86 jason b crawford after Alvin Baltrop & Frank O'Hara
7/14/2024
10 : 24

"The Altar" by Archibald MacLeish

I built an unnamed altar in my heart, Facebook Twitter Instagram 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
7/13/2024
10 : 4

"The Truce and the Peace" by Robinson Jeffers

Peace now for every fury has had her day, Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue to publish the work of 260 poets
7/12/2024
10 : 4

"against cleansing" by Marlin M. Jenkins

if cleansing be needed for me Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 12, 2024 against cleansing Marlin M. Jenkins if cleansing be needed for me to be clean, i cling then to the grime. the
7/11/2024
10 : 4

"Love poem with a dying cat" by Nen G. Ramirez

Two years into anorexia recovery, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 11, 2024 Love poem with a dying cat Nen G. Ramirez Two years into anorexia recovery, when I begin to miss dying more
7/11/2024
6 : 24

"After Mount Tamalpais, I Tell Etel Adnan About Supernatural" by Summer Farah

I understand, I tell her, the desire Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 10, 2024 After Mount Tamalpais, I Tell Etel Adnan About Supernatural Summer Farah I make paintings and
7/11/2024
6 : 23

"We are rowing through a blue / That is a feeling mostly"

July 10, 2024 summer songs: weekly prompt Put pen to paper and write with us. Our first writing prompt is inspired by Eduardo C. Corral's “Lines Written During My Second Pandemic.” more at poets.
7/9/2024
10 : 24

"no one wants to be rough anymore" by Xan Forest Phillips

you haven't had a salient thought since seeing the film Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 9, 2024 no one wants to be rough anymore Xan Forest Phillips you haven't had a salient
7/8/2024
10 : 24

"Imago Dei" by Nora Hikari

We cannot help but be students Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 8, 2024 Imago Dei Nora Hikari We cannot help but be students of our fathers' disciplines, mine an avid disciple of
7/7/2024
14 : 14

Academy Seminars on Rumi and Ovid: Sign Up Today

Rediscover two timeless classics in these exclusive live seminars. New Literary Seminars “The Academy opened a portal in my brain that had long been closed since my college days,” wrote a recent
7/7/2024
10 : 4

"The Seraph and Poet" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The seraph sings before the manifest Facebook Twitter Instagram 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
7/6/2024
10 : 24

"Love Stronger than Death" by Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux

I dreamed my Lady and I were dead Facebook Twitter Instagram 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,
7/5/2024
10 : 4

"Loom" by Bradley Trumpfheller

My mother says when she is anxious Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day July 5, 2024 Loom Bradley Trumpfheller My mother says when she is anxious she finds a seam, finds stitches on her