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Poetry Per Diem: Danez Smith’s a note on the body
Celebrate National Poetry Month with us and enjoy a Poetry Per Diem each day for the month of April! Today’s poem is from Danez Smith's book of poems titled Don't Call Us Dead. a note on the body your body still your body your arms still wing your mouth still a gun...
Poetry Per Diem: Juan Felipe Herrera’s Open
Celebrate National Poetry Month with us and enjoy a Poetry Per Diem each day for the month of April! Today’s poem is from Juan Felipe Herrera's book of poems titled Every Day We Get More Illegal. Open as the leaf as the sidewalk as the tear & the iris as the...
Poetry Per Diem: W.S. Merwin’s Homecoming
Celebrate National Poetry Month with us and enjoy a Poetry Per Diem each day for the month of April! Today’s poem is from W. S. Merwin's book of poems titled The Moon Before Morning. Homecoming Once only when the summer was nearly over and my own hair had been white...
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...
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