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Today's poem is "Ghost Catalog"
by John A. Nieves
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August 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Today's poem is "Ghost Catalog"
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Today's poem is "why we chicanas listen to los coyotes"
by Kristyn Garza
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August 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Today's poem is "why we chicanas listen to los coyotes"
by Kristyn Garza
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Today's poem is "Mercy"
by Brian Simoneau
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August 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Today's poem is "Mercy"
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Today's poem is "a.m."
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August 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Today's poem is "a.m."
by Sheila E. Murphy
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Today's poem is "Slippery Slope"
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August 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Today's poem is "Slippery Slope"
by Alexis Rhone Fancher
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Today's poem is "On De Kooning's 'Woman and Bicycle'"
by M. L. Lyons
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August 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Today's poem is "On De Kooning's 'Woman and Bicycle'"
by M. L. Lyons
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Today's poem is "Love Letter"
by Connie Post
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August 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Today's poem is "Love Letter"
by Connie Post
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Today's poem is "Deep inside me, the hawks"
by Robin Reagler
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August 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Today's poem is "Deep inside me, the hawks"
by Robin Reagler
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Today's poem is "Ode to My Lover's Sequined Dress"
by Jaz Sufi
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August 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Today's poem is "Ode to My Lover's Sequined Dress"
by Jaz Sufi
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Today's poem is "Crows Tell My Fortune"
by Terry Wolverton
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August 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Today's poem is "Crows Tell My Fortune"
by Terry Wolverton
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Today's poem is "California Dreaming"
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August 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Today's poem is "California Dreaming"
by Rebecca Foust
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Today's poem is "The sound of stars crumbling without any malice/ In a corner...,"
by Elena Karina Byrne
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August 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Today's poem is "The sound of stars crumbling without any malice/ In a corner...,"
by Elena Karina Byrne
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Today's poem is "Ardea Sacra"
by Sophie Mollart
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July 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Today's poem is "Ardea Sacra"
by Sophie Mollart
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Today's poem is "Febrile"
by Susan Michele Coronel
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July 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Today's poem is "Febrile"
by Susan Michele Coronel
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Today's poem is "On Belonging"
by Zoe Boyer
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July 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today's poem is "On Belonging"
by Zoe Boyer
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Today's poem is "Ricky Rozay raps 'put Molly all in her champagne, she ain't even know it'"
by Raphael Jenkins
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by Raphael Jenkins
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July 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Today's poem is "Ricky Rozay raps 'put Molly all in her champagne, she ain't even know it'"
by Raphael Jenkins
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Today's poem is "Sonnet after Autocorrect Turns Why Do You Live So Far Away? to Why Do You Love So Far Away?"
by Erica Dawson
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July 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Today's poem is "Sonnet after Autocorrect Turns Why Do You Live So Far Away? to Why Do You Love So Far Away?"
by Erica Dawson
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Today's poem is "Upon Taking the Sacrament"
by Taylor Franson-Thiel
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July 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Today's poem is "Upon Taking the Sacrament"
by Taylor Franson-Thiel
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Today's poem is "Dark Suite for My Country"
by April Ossmann
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July 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Today's poem is "Dark Suite for My Country"
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Today's poem is "tiny-winged dinosaurs sing sweetly from the trees"
by Scott Ferry
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July 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Today's poem is "tiny-winged dinosaurs sing sweetly from the trees"
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Today's poem is "The Wanderer"
by Alison Hicks
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July 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Today's poem is "The Wanderer"
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Today's poem is "Essay"
by Denise Duhamel
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July 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Today's poem is "Essay"
by Denise Duhamel
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Today's poem is "The Color of Holiness"
by Catherine Gonick
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July 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Today's poem is "The Color of Holiness"
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Today's poem is "The Telling"
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July 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Today's poem is "The Telling"
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