Poem a Day – 09-07-2014
Poem a Day: New and classic poems provided by the Academy of American Poets
To an Old Square Piano
Robinson Jeffers
Whose fingers wore your ivory keys
So thin – as tempest and ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-06-2014
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Prairie Dawn
Willa Cather
A crimson fire that vanquishes the stars;
A pungent odor from the dusty sage;
A ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-04-14
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Room Tone
Bill Berkson
Wrestling that old beauty
“Body and Soul”
To the ground
The genus award ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-02-14
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The Forest Formed Gills
Eric Baus
The ventriloquist’s vines fled to an address on the floor of a cumulus ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-01-14
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Coming Close
Philip Levine
Take this quiet woman, she has been
standing before a polishing wheel
for over ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 08-31-14
Poem a Day: New and classic poems provided by the Academy of American Poets
Aspiration
Henrietta Cordelia Ray
We climb the slopes of life with throbbing heart,
And eager pulse, like ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day 08-30-14
Poem a Day: New and classic poems provided by the Academy of American Poets
A Gift
Amy Lowell
See! I give myself to you, Beloved!
My words are little jars
For you to take and put upon ... Continue Reading →
