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3/18/2024
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"black aphrodite entertains a mortal lover" by Saida Agostini

if you can remember nothing else Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 18, 2024 black aphrodite entertains a mortal lover Saida Agostini for renee if you can remember nothing else know I
3/17/2024
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"Come Let Us Be Friends" by Sarah Lee Brown Fleming

Come, let us be friends, you and I, 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
3/16/2024
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"The Coming of Night" by Skipwith Cannell

The sun is near set / And the tall buildings 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
3/15/2024
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"But for now the music swings from her lacquered radio" by Yona Harvey

Snuffed out candlewick shadow Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 15, 2024 But for now the music swings from her lacquered radio Yona Harvey Ezzard Charles Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio,
3/15/2024
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"2-Sided Map Shows Line Where Falling Bodies Will Land" by Brenda Shaughnessy

From where are we getting this information? Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 14, 2024 2-Sided Map Shows Line Where Falling Bodies Will Land Brenda Shaughnessy From where are we
3/13/2024
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"You can’t hear me, but I’m there."

March 13, 2024 “The 19th Amendment & My Mama” by Mahogany L. Browne “19th Amendment Ragtime Parade” by Marilyn Chin “Bear Witness” by Tiana Clark “homage to my hips” by Lucille Clifton “lake-loop”
3/13/2024
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"Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for Our First Home)" by Patrick Rosal

Here is our little yard // too small for a pool Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 13, 2024 Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for Our First Home) Patrick Rosal to Mary Rose Here is our
3/12/2024
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There are six weeks left to participate in Dear Poet!

Celebrate National Poetry Month by teaching living poets Facebook Twitter Instagram The deadline to submit to Dear Poet is six weeks away! Every National Poetry Month, we present Dear Poet, a
3/12/2024
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Join us on March 19 for "Making the Invisible Visible: Some Thoughts on Poetry & Science," the 2024 Blaney Lecture by Jane Hirshfield

On March 19, join us for the 2024 Blaney Lecture on Contemporary Poetry & Poetics Join us for the 2024 Blaney Lecture on Contemporary Poetry & Poetics: “Making the Invisible Visible: Some
3/12/2024
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"This Too Shall Pass" by Kim Addonizio

was no consolation to the woman Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 12, 2024 This Too Shall Pass Kim Addonizio was no consolation to the woman whose husband was strung out on opioids.
3/11/2024
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"You’re the Top" by Ellen Bass

Last night I get all the way to Ocean Street Extension, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 11, 2024 You're the Top Ellen Bass Last night I get all the way to Ocean Street Extension
3/10/2024
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"The Alpine Sheep" by Maria White Lowell

When on my ear your loss was knelled, 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
3/9/2024
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"A Southern Night" by Matthew Arnold

The sandy spits, the shore-lock'd lakes, / Melt into open, moonlit sea; Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Your gift today will help the Academy of American Poets continue
3/8/2024
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"Emesis" by Keetje Kuipers

From her perch on the docent's gloved wrist, she / watches us Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 8, 2024 Emesis Keetje Kuipers From her perch on the docent's gloved wrist, she
3/7/2024
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Poems for Women's History Month

Plus, plan ahead for National Poetry Month Facebook Twitter Instagram March 2024 March is Women's History Month—this month and year-round, celebrate with the following classic and contemporary
3/7/2024
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"ectopic" by Tyler Mills

In diagrams, there's one on either side of Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 7, 2024 ectopic Tyler Mills In diagrams, there's one on either side of the uterus. But they float
3/6/2024
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"We, too, are made of wonders"

March 6, 2024 In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa Arching under the night sky inky with black expansiveness, we point to the planets we know, we pin quick wishes on stars. Congratulations to US
3/6/2024
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"After Bob Across the Street Fires His Gun at a Tree to Scare Off a Raccoon While My Son and I Walk, Rachel Shows Me Night Heron Chicks" by Avni Vyas

That ants still emerge from a jasmine bloom Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 6, 2024 After Bob Across the Street Fires His Gun at a Tree to Scare Off a Raccoon While My Son and I
3/5/2024
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"One Cup of Chai" by Preeti Vangani

If I had known that the cup of chai Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 5, 2024 One Cup of Chai Preeti Vangani If I had known that the cup of chai my mother asked me, a drifter in the
3/4/2024
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"Abecedarian on the Good Father" by Keith Leonard

As he holds his wife's hand, Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day March 4, 2024 Abecedarian on the Good Father Keith Leonard As he holds his wife's hand, the nurse tells him to breathe