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Day had no courage to review What lusty dark alone might do— —Robert Graves, born #OTD in 1895 poets.org/poem/children-…
Have you read today’s #PoemADay: “16 Bars Poetica” by Adrian Matejka? poets.org/poem/16-bars-p…
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“So, inspired by Elizabeth Bishop’s ‘One Art’ and Patricia Smith’s ‘Incendiary Art,’ I tried to write a few ars poetica, like this one, that live in their own sonic geographies.” —Adrian Matejka #AboutThisPoem poets.org/poem/16-bars-p…
Easy as an exquisite corpse paraphrased as dictionaried as a pontificator raised by the thump of the 146 bus— these 16 are for you. Shout out to the city warblers yelling in slanted syllables ––Adrian Matejka #PoemADay poets.org/poem/16-bars-p…
Walking through trees to cool my heat and pain, I know that David’s with me here again. All that is simple, happy, strong, he is. —Robert Graves, born #OTD in 1895 poets.org/poem/not-dead
Have you read today’s #PoemADay: From “De Jure Sanguinis” by Kiki Petrosino? poets.org/poem/de-jure-s…
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“Using imagery of plants, water, and syllables, the poem explores lineage as both material and elusive. It asks what it means to belong—to places and histories shaped by movement and translation.” —Kiki Petrosino #AboutThisPoem poets.org/poem/de-jure-s…
You won’t feel like this forever, unless forever is here. Follow the dark blue blades of kale, the flat dials of sunflowers leading back to speech, or its underside. ––Kiki Petrosino #PoemADay poets.org/poem/de-jure-s…
I need you the way astonishment, which is really just the disruption of routine, requires routine. —Carl Phillips, former Chancellor, born #OTD in 1959 poets.org/poem/western-e…
clones—blinking, slathering all over controlled airwaves of an up-for-sale world —Quincy Troupe, born #OTD in 1939 poets.org/poem/hours-fly…
Have you read today’s #PoemADay: “Why Say That” by Fiona Templeton? poets.org/poem/why-say
Have you listened to “Why Say That” by Fiona Templeton on our daily #PoemADay podcast? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/poe…
“‘Why Say That’ consists of three brief and continuous scenes from my poetic play, The Blue. The Blue is written for two voices, though sometimes each person speaks in the voice of the other.” —Fiona Templeton #AboutThisPoem poets.org/poem/why-say
why say that under what authority do you mean seeing who sees a lifelike figure struck by lightning or coincidence ––Fiona Templeton #PoemADay poets.org/poem/why-say
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free —Emma Lazarus, born #OTD in 1849 poets.org/poem/new-colos…