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National Poetry Month Day 31: “Why R&B First Thing In The Morning, Why R&B Above All” by Angel Nafis

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  • May 1, 2015
We’re never satisfied with the 30 days of poetry National Poetry Month allots, so we’re extending it by a day. We’d like to thank all the poets who shared their…
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National Poetry Month Day 30: “Dear Weather” by Alison Stine

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  • April 30, 2015
Dear Weather Dear weather, what are you? It’s not the season, but there he stands: old man in flannel,
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National Poetry Month Day 29: “Deconstruction: Citizenship” by Kenji Liu

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  • April 29, 2015
Deconstruction: Citizenship Have you ever been a member of or in any way associated either directly or indirectly with? Indirectly a biometric hazard, activate. Associated with a cold rubber stamp.…
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National Poetry Month Day 28: “I am a hide” by Jayson Smith

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  • April 28, 2015
I am a hide  
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National Poetry Month Day 27: “Scientific” by Marisa Siegel

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  • April 27, 2015
Scientific A pond / reflecting / koi swimming slipping through strands / of refraction. Cue shadow and its companion. The pathology justifies nothing / the disease has created.
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National Poetry Month Day 26: “The Great Blue Heron of Dunbar Road” by Ada Limón

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  • April 26, 2015
The Great Blue Heron of Dunbar Road That we might walk out into the woods together, and afterwards make toast in our sock feet, still damp from the fern’s wet…
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National Poetry Month Day 25: “Poem For Her In Time” by Christian Anton Gerard

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  • April 25, 2015
Poem For Her In Time –After Her and Wallace Stevens I. Thirteen days. This morning I counted, read Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.
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National Poetry Month Day 24: “Imagénes” by Juan Sánchez Peláez, translated by Guillermo Parra

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  • April 24, 2015
Imágenes I Tú, que asímismo en la copa de tu verbo desbordas el líquido. Yo, que despeño tu grito
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National Poetry Month Day 23: “Pre-Need” by Stacey Lynn Brown

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  • April 23, 2015
Pre-Need In the same cemetery where Uncle Remus lies, my father’s crypt awaits, his mother,
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National Poetry Month Day 22: “The Limit” by Adam McGovern

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  • April 22, 2015
The Limit “I don’t see them,” I saidwhen my mom told me men were landing on the moonbut I wasn’t surprised they were, and why would I be,I was expecting…
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National Poetry Month Day 20: “Conflict Tourism” by Erika Meitner

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  • April 20, 2015
Conflict Tourism Belfast, NI People here think my accent is charming because America is young. Today at the Friday bakery
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National Poetry Month Day 19: 3 Poems by Amy Newman

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  • April 19, 2015
While John Berryman Crosses The Washington Avenue Bridge 6 January 1972 While John Berryman crosses the Washington Avenue Bridge,
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