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Poem of the DayBy Natasha TretheweyWhen he tells the story nowhe's at the center of it,everyone else in the housefalling into the backdrop—my mother, grandmother,an uncle, all dead now—propsin our story: father and daughtercaught in memory's half-light.I'm too young to recall it,so his story becomes...
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poemBy AnonymousThe first day of Christmas,My true love sent to meA partridge in a pear tree.The second day of Christmas,My true love sent to meTwo turtle doves, andA partridge in a pear tree....
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poemBy J. Allyn RosserOne can’t help admiringtheir rickety graceand old-world featherslike seasoned boardwalk planks.They pass in silent pairs,as if a long time agothey had wearied of calling out.The wind tips them, theirungainly, light-brown weight,into...
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poemBy Shane McCraeExcept most things weren’t clouds everything thereWas clouds the hastily assembled angelBefore he knew the word clouds was the last wordHe heard the other angels shouting asThey shoved him though he after...
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poemBy CAConradfirst and most importantdream our missing friends forward...
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By Linda Pastan
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By Barbara Ras
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By Gerard Manley Hopkins
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By Theodore Roethke
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By Louis Simpson
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collectionContemporary poets, poems, and articles exploring the history and aesthetics of the Pacific.
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His commitment to poetry over many decades—as a poet, critic, teacher, and mentor—was without peer.
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From the Current Issue of Poetry Magazine
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poemBy Amy BeederI have hidden your lost teeth in the net of all my famous hairAnd with foresight promised your umbilicusTo several minor gods. I paid your fee in fawn skin& the lightest fringe of tissue, all the quiet noons assembled,In yard...
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poemBy Eileen MylesNothingbetterfor peoplethan dogsnothing better than makingyou screamhere. There weretwo supernew carsand thensome pink
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poemBy Nikki WallschlaegerIs that your house he askedThis used to be my house I saidBut those are not your peopleSo that can’t be your houseBut it is my house I saidI had some people maybe a fewEven though those are not your...
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Poem Guides
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Poem GuideBy Ange Mlinko
A rapturous re-reading of the poet's love poem to life.
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Poem GuideBy Austin Allen
Family, culture, and history converge in a deft poetic portrait.
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Poem GuideBy Robin Ekiss
Music and adolescent angst in the (18)80s.
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