National Poetry Month
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National Poetry Month Day 15: “Alternate Ending: My Grandmother As Gretel” by Kate Schmitt
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. Alternate Ending: My Grandmother As Gretel “Hansel and Gretel is the saddest story; it’s the…
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National Poetry Month Day 14: “between the wolf and the dog” by Davis McCombs
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. between the wolf and the dog a freight train splits the difference between dark and…
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National Poetry Month Day 13: “15 Minutes” by Eileen Myles
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. 15 minutes the beaming sun sun out there
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National Poetry Month Day 12: “Semi-Aubade” by Elisa Gabbert
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. Semi-Aubade When I wake in the morning, my mind is black.
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National Poetry Month Day 11: “On Style” by Ruben Quesada
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. On Style Henri Matisse died of a heart attack staring at the open-mouthed windows facing…
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National Poetry Month Day 10: “The Strangers” by Jennifer Chang
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. The Strangers 1 Mostly, I hope. 2 In the industry of specifics, I list my…
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National Poetry Month Day 9: “I May Have Made Something Up” by Jennifer Perrine
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. I May Have Made Something Up They’re put in a pot, a way of praying.…
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National Poetry Month Day 7: “Do You?” by Sophie Klahr
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. Do You?
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National Poetry Month Day 6: “The First Kiss” by Carmen Giménez Smith
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. The First Kiss the first kiss was memento mori the second one aspiration the third…
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National Poetry Month Day 5: “Zahrada” by Fady Joudah
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. Záhrada From the Moorish synagogue in Prague Next to Kafka’s statue The father wife and…
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National Poetry Month Day 4: “The Last Meal of the Iceman” by T.R. Hummer
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. The Last Meal of the Iceman He had eaten alpine ibex, which yields a greasy…
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National Poetry Month Day 3: “Cousins” by Jonterri Gadson
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. Cousins On the rock slide behind Building 10, we crushed pebbles into powder, and plotted…