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10/20/2020
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Join Us at Dodge Poetry Festival, Books Noted Live, Poems for October

Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poets.org October 20, 2020 Poems for October As October settles in, leaves are beginning to turn. Continue reflecting on Autumn with this collection of poems from
10/20/2020
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"ars poetica" by Aldrin Valdez

you think I'm kind on the daily / —and my healing Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day October 20, 2020 ars poetica Aldrin Valdez you think I'm kind on the daily —and my healing always
10/19/2020
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"[th(e)reat] → siege engine" by Trace Howard DePass

in my own body ← here i am a siege Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day October 19, 2020 [th(e)reat] → siege engine Trace Howard DePass in my own body ← here i am a siege overthrowing a home
10/19/2020
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"Time-Lapse Video of Trans Woman Collapsing Inward Like a Dying Star" by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza

I beg for invisible fire. / Every night I pray to love, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day October 14, 2020 Time-Lapse Video of Trans Woman Collapsing Inward Like a Dying Star Joshua
10/19/2020
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African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song, UNICEF Unite for Children Climate Change Summit, #PoetryNearYou

Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poets.org October 14, 2020 African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song Celebrate the publication of African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle &
10/19/2020
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"He, Too" by Solmaz Sharif

Returning to the US, he asks / my occupation. Teacher. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day October 16, 2020 He, Too Solmaz Sharif Returning to the US, he asks my occupation. Teacher. What do
10/19/2020
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excerpts from "Will There Be Singing" by Juliana Spahr

During these days, / I would wake up and my head would hurt Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day October 17, 2020 excerpts from “Will There Be Singing” Juliana Spahr ^ During these days, I
10/19/2020
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"[My ancestors are empty words]" by Kerry Carnahan

no pencil / on gelatine paper / no intricate live edge Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day October 18, 2020 [My ancestors are empty words] Kerry Carnahan no pencil on gelatine paper no
10/13/2020
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"Melancholia" by C. Dale Young

The whirring internal machine, its gears Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day October 13, 2020 Melancholia C. Dale Young The whirring internal machine, its gears grinding not to a halt but to
10/12/2020
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"Flying Down the Five" by heidi andrea restrepo rhodes

Families roll on toward summer, its feral freedom, ocean waves Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day October 12, 2020 Flying Down the Five heidi andrea restrepo rhodes after Gala Mukomolova
10/11/2020
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"Love in the City" by José Martí, translated by Esther Allen

Times of gorge and rush are these: Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day October 11, 2020 Love in the City José Martí translated by Esther Allen Times of gorge and rush are these: Voices fly
10/10/2020
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"The Red Poppy" by Nobel Laureate Louise Glück

The great thing / is not having / a mind. Feelings: Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day October 10, 2020 The Red Poppy Louise Glück The great thing is not having a mind. Feelings: oh, I have
10/9/2020
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"Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño" by Javier Zamora

“EL Sal-va-doh-RE-AN Salva-doh-RAN, Salva-DOH-RÍ-an,” Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day October 9, 2020 Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño Javier Zamora “EL Sal-va-doh-RE-AN Salva-doh-RAN, Salva
10/8/2020
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Lesson Plans Celebrating Black Poets, Poems for Halloween, & More

Plus details about the National Poetry Month student poster competition Facebook Twitter Instagram October 2020 The Academy of American Poets invites students living in the United States, US
10/8/2020
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Louise Glück Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Louise Glück Wins Nobel Prize in Literature Join the Academy of American Poets as we congratulate Chancellor Emeritus Louise Glück, who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. “I think the poem
10/8/2020
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"Dysphoria" by Oliver Baez Bendorf

It's true that I'm im- / patient under affliction. So? Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day October 8, 2020 Dysphoria Oliver Baez Bendorf It's true that I'm im- patient under
10/7/2020
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"Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas" by Brenda Cárdenas

My warm morning skin bristles / in the jungle hut's frigid shower Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day October 7, 2020 Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas Brenda Cárdenas (after Graciela
10/6/2020
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National Book Awards Finalists' Poems, Announcing NYFA Fellows and Finalists, World in Verse: A Multilingual Poetry Reading

Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poets.org October 6, 2020 Poems by National Book Awards Finalists Congratulations to this year's National Book Awards finalists! Read their work on Poets.org: “
10/6/2020
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"When I Became La Promesa" by Peggy Robles–Alvarado

For every unexpected illness that required medical insurance, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day October 6, 2020 When I Became La Promesa Peggy Robles–Alvarado For every unexpected illness
10/5/2020
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"California" by Rafael Campo

I used to dream of living here. I hike / a trail I know that at the end opens Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day October 5, 2020 California Rafael Campo I used to dream of living here. I