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National Poetry Month Day 9: Justice Ameer

  • Justice Ameer
  • April 9, 2022
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National Poetry Month Day 8: Noah Arhm Choi

  • Noah Arhm Choi
  • April 8, 2022
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National Poetry Month Day 7: Chaun Webster

  • Chaun Webster
  • April 7, 2022
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National Poetry Month Day 6: Yanyi

  • Yanyi
  • April 6, 2022
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National Poetry Month Day 5: Alan Pelaez Lopez

  • Alan Pelaez Lopez
  • April 5, 2022
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National Poetry Month Day 4: Arianne True

  • Arianne True
  • April 4, 2022
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National Poetry Month Day 3: Safia Jama

  • Safia Jama
  • April 3, 2022
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National Poetry Month Day 2: Megan Fernandes

  • Megan Fernandes
  • April 2, 2022
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National Poetry Month Day 1: Chen Chen

  • Chen Chen
  • April 1, 2022
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Alex Jane Cope

  • Alex Jane Cope
  • March 24, 2022
To speak of the shame is to speak of him / and his bed of lichen and his green / ribbon fastened around my throat.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Rosa Alcalá

  • Rosa Alcalá
  • March 17, 2022
In my meanness I hear the mother of my mother and her mother / before her, the cold cellars and flat pillows of their hearts. The single current / of anger that ran through their voices, each daughter forever through time / believing herself a burden.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Issam Zineh

  • Issam Zineh
  • March 10, 2022
The sky in Clearwater is the print / of your dress—all aster & blue starling. / The year ends the way it began. You asking me / for the indescribable. Sky has no notion of sky.
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