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Poetry Per Diem: Marilyn Nelson’s Dinah’s Lament
Celebrate National Poetry Month with us and enjoy a Poetry Per Diem each day for the month of April! Today’s poem is from Marilyn Nelson's book of poems titled Fortune's Bones. Dinah's Lament Miss Lydia doesn't clean the Doctor room. She say she can't go in...
Poetry Per Diem: Philip Levine’s The West Wind
Celebrate National Poetry Month with us and enjoy a Poetry Per Diem each day for the month of April! Today’s poem is from Philip Levine's book of poems titled Breath. The West Wind When the winter wind moves through the ash trees in my yard I hear the past...
Poetry Per Diem: Tina Cane’s A Minor History of Bodega
Celebrate National Poetry Month with us and enjoy a Poetry Per Diem each day for the month of April! Today’s poem is from Tina Cane's book of poems titled Once More with Feeling. A Minor History of Bodega More a mindset the bodega was where you could get...
Poetry Per Diem: Mark Strand’s The View
Celebrate National Poetry Month with us and enjoy a Poetry Per Diem each day for the month of April! Today’s poem is from Mark Strand's book of poems titled Blizzard of One. The View This is the place. The chairs are white. The table shines. The person sitting...
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