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Seven men on the rock upon the house

daily poem, Sarain Stump, U.S.

By Marion Sarain Stump, 1945-1974, Cree/Shoshone/Salish, U.S./Canada. Seven men on the rock upon the houseThe deadman’s head is laughingAt my mistakesA lazy flyin’ of crows …

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Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep

daily poem, Mary Elizabeth Frye, U.S.

By Mary Elizabeth Frye, 1932, U.S. Do not stand at my grave and weepI am not there; I do not sleep.I am a thousand winds …

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won’t you celebrate with me

Lucille Clifton, U.S.

Lucille Clifton, 1936-2010, U.S. won’t you celebrate with mewhat i have shaped intoa kind of life? i had no model.born in babylonboth nonwhite and womanwhat …

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Hurricane

daily poem, U.S., Yona Harvey

By Yona Harvey, U.S. Four tickets left, I let her go—Firstborn into a hurricane. I thought she escapedThe floodwaters. No—but her Head is empty of …

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Let America Be America Again

Langston Hughes, U.S.

By Langston Hughes, 1902-1967, U.S. Let America be America again.Let it be the dream it used to be.Let it be the pioneer on the plainSeeking …

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The War Against The Trees

daily poem, Stanley Kunitz, U.S.

By Stanley Kunitz, 1905-2006, U.S. The man who sold his lawn to standard oilJoked with his neighbors come to watch the showWhile the bulldozers, drunk …

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Open House

daily poem, Theodore Roethke, U.S.

By Theodore Roethke, 1908-1963, U.S. My secrets cry aloud.I have no need for tongue.My heart keeps open house,My doors are widely swung.An epic of the …

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The Moose

daily poem, Elizabeth Bishop, U.S.

By Elizabeth Bishop. For Grace Bulmer Bowers, Elizabeth Bishop’s aunt From narrow provinces   of fish and bread and tea,   home of the long tideswhere the bay leaves …

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The Dream Songs, 14

daily poem, John Berryman, U.S.

By John Berryman, 1914-1972, U.S. Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.   After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns,   we ourselves flash and …

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You Still Dream

daily poem, Nikki Grimes, U.S.

By Nikki Grimes, b.1950, U.S. Here, poem meets prayer.We are exceedingly comfortablewith posturing and self-defensethat masquerade as apology.But what’s needed in this momentis unmixed confessionof …

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