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9/17/2020
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"From Barrio Obrero to La Quince" by Nicole Cecilia Delgado, translated by Urayoán Noel
Walking is a process in ruins, / a dead history. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 17, 2020 From Barrio Obrero to La Quince Nicole Cecilia Delgado translated by Urayoán Noel
9/16/2020
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"Give Me This" by Ada Limón
I thought it was the neighbor's cat back / to clean the clock of the fledgling robins low Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 16, 2020 Give Me This Ada Limón I thought it was
9/15/2020
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Poems for Hispanic Heritage Month, World in Verse: A Multilingual Poetry Reading, Announcing Translation Contests
Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poets.org September 15, 2020 Hispanic Heritage Month Celebrate Hispanic Heritage month with this collection of Latinx voices from Poets.org: “Ode to the Head Nod” by
9/15/2020
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"Along the Border" by Jasminne Mendez
On a dirt road / On a drive to el campo Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 15, 2020 Along the Border Jasminne Mendez after Idra Novey On a dirt road On a drive to el campo You
9/14/2020
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"breathe we" by Juan Felipe Herrera
breathe for George Floyd we / breathe for compassion we Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 14, 2020 breathe we Juan Felipe Herrera breathe for George Floyd we breathe for
9/13/2020
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"To the Country" by Rubén Darío
Prairie land, Happy days. In Royal Buenos Ayres Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 13, 2020 To the Country Rubén Darío Prairie land, Happy days. In Royal Buenos Ayres Now far, far
9/12/2020
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"Learning Late Letters" by Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng
The dead don't let us go, I say to my friend Sirius, putting my father's letters in a drawer. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 12, 2020 Learning Late Letters Quyên Nguyễn
9/11/2020
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"A Proclamation" by Ashaki M. Jackson
Our bodies give / into the ocean rolling Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 11, 2020 A Proclamation Ashaki M. Jackson Our bodies give into the ocean rolling us beneath its tongues
9/10/2020
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"Slippage, a Provocation" by Sharan Strange
To call oneself African (here) means, simply, the rejection Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 10, 2020 Slippage, a Provocation Sharan Strange To call oneself African (here) means,
9/9/2020
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Poems for Hispanic Heritage Month
Browse poems, lessons, and resources for back to school Facebook Twitter Instagram September 2020 The Academy of American Poets invites students living in the United States, US Territories, or Tribal
9/9/2020
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"Certificate of Live Birth" by Jasmine Reid
You arrive on a Friday, with hail & vast / moving grey above small Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 9, 2020 Certificate of Live Birth Jasmine Reid You arrive on a Friday,
9/8/2020
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"Driving at Night" by Rio Cortez
I think it's quails lining the road but it's fallen Birchwood. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 8, 2020 Driving at Night Rio Cortez For Laquan McDonald I think it's
9/7/2020
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"on empathy" by Bettina Judd
what it sounds like is a bird breaking small bones against glass. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 7, 2020 on empathy Bettina Judd what it sounds like is a bird breaking small
9/6/2020
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"Sunshine After Cloud" by Josephine D. Heard
Come, “Will,” let's be good friends again, / Our wrongs let's be forgetting Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 6, 2020 Sunshine After Cloud Josephine D. Heard Come, “Will,”
9/5/2020
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"Again it is September" by Jessie Redmon Fauset
Again it is September! / It seems so strange that I who made no vows Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 5, 2020 Again it is September Jessie Redmon Fauset Again it is September! It
9/4/2020
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"The Check In" by Nandi Comer
They call. They message. / Then the occasional tag on social media. Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 4, 2020 The Check In Nandi Comer They call. They message. Then the occasional
9/4/2020
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"Caretaker" by Charleen McClure
She needs to eat. She needs Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 1, 2020 Caretaker Charleen McClure She needs to eat. She needs to keep something warm in her stomach. I reheat rice
9/4/2020
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2020 Featured Fall Books
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9/4/2020
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"Carnivorous, with a varied and opportunistic diet" by Daria-Ann Martineau
Call me lagahoo, soucouyant. Call me other. / I came ravenous: mongoose consuming Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day September 2, 2020 Carnivorous, with a varied and opportunistic diet Daria
8/31/2020
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"Today, God" by Starr Davis
I am liberated and focused today Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day August 31, 2020 Today, God Starr Davis I am liberated and focused today on what it means to govern myself. I am not