Poem A Day – Sept. 30, 2015
Twelve-Hour Shifts
Jill McDonough
A drone pilot works a twelve-hour shift, then goes home
to real life. Showers, eats supper, plays video games.
Twelve hours later he comes back, high-fives, ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Sept. 27, 2015
Duval’s Birds
Conrad Aiken
The parrot, screeching, flew out into the darkness,
Circled three times above the upturned faces
With a great whir of brilliant outspread wings,
And ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Sept. 26, 2015
I shall forget you presently, my dear (Sonnet IV)
Edna St. Vincent Millay
I shall forget you presently, my dear,
So make the most of this, your little day,
Your little month, your little ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Feb. 23, 2015
Disarming of Shadow, Arming of Light
Rachel Eliza Griffiths
I wish I were like Johnny Cash
& thought my heart was mine.
I’ve worn a black suit
my entire life. It suits the ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Feb. 22, 2015
Interim
Lola Ridge
The earth is motionless
And poised in space …
A great bird resting in its flight
Between the alleys of the stars.
It is the wind’s hour off ….
The ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – Jan. 24, 2015
Sonnet to Winter
Emily Chubbuck Judson
Thy brow is grit, thy robe with gems inwove;
And palaces of frost-work, on the eye,
Flash out, and gleam in every gorgeous dye,
The pencil, dipped ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-22-2014
Poem a Day: New and classic poems provided by the Academy of American Poets
Amendment
Christina Davis
The love of each of us
for some of us,
of some of us
for all of us –
and ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-21-2014
Poem a Day: New and classic poems provided by the Academy of American Poets
The Wind Sleepers
H.D.
Whiter
than the crust
left by the tide,
we are stung by the hurled sand
and the broken ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-20-2014
Poem a Day: New and classic poems provided by the Academy of American Poets
If You Should Tire of Loving Me
Margaret Widdemer
If you should tire of loving me
Some one of our far days,
Oh, ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-19-2014
Poem a Day: New and classic poems provided by the Academy of American Poets
Fruit Cocktail in Light Syrup
Amy Gerstler
Rocket-shaped popsicles that dyed your lips blue
were popular ... Continue Reading →
