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New Year's Poems

New Year's Poems

Poetry to reflect on the past year and ring in the new.

New Year's Poems
Photo by Derek Keats

POEMS

"Burning the Old Year" by Naomi Shihab Nye

"New Year’s Day" by Kim Addonizio

"December 31st" by Richard Hoffman

"on new year’s eve" by Evie Shockley

"After the Gentle Poet Kobayashi Issa" by Robert Hass

"New Year" by Bei Dao

"Mild is the Parting Year" by Walter Savage Landor

"New Year's Poem" by Margaret Avison

"To the New Year" by W. S. Merwin

"Pavane for the New Year," by Elder Olson

"A Pumpkin at New Year’s" by Sandra McPherson

"To the Garbage Collectors in Bloomington, Indiana, the First Pickup of the New Year" by Philip Appleman

AUDIO

"Year's End" by Richard Wilbur

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Originally Published: December 13, 2012

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On December 31, 2012 at 6:00am Rohit Sukhani wrote:
Let your New Year’s Eve Party be warm, friendly and
inviting. Let it wrap around your guests like warmth and
coziness.

Have friends bring photos from past years and share.
Have each make a scrap book page with their photos.
Provide some scrap book materials.

One of my 'quotes about new year': It wouldn't be New
Year's if I didn't have regrets.

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Originally appeared in Poetry magazine.

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