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For Menlo

By Skyros Bruce/Mahara Allbrett, b.1950, Sleil Waututh (Burrard Inlet, B.C.) that day i told youthat the scarson my wrist were fromwhen i was a birdthat …

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Where the Sidewalk Ends

daily poem, Kids Poetry, Shel Silverstein, U.S.

By Shel Silverstein. There is a place where the sidewalk endsAnd before the street begins,And there the grass grows soft and white,And there the sun …

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Kind hearts are the gardens

daily poem, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, U.S.

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-1882. Kind hearts are the gardens,Kind thoughts are the roots,Kind words are the flowers,Kind deeds are the fruits. Take care of …

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A Moment in Summer

Charlotte Zolotow, daily poem, Kids Poetry, U.S.

By Charlotte Zolotow, US. A moment in summerbelongs to meand one particularhoney bee.A moment in summershimmering clearmaking the skyseem very near,a moment in summerbelongs to …

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I measure every Grief I meet (561)

daily poem, Emily Dickinson, U.S.

By Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886. I measure every Grief I meetWith narrow, probing, eyes – I wonder if It weighs like Mine – Or has an …

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A Song of the Rolling Earth: 3

daily poem, U.S., Walt Whitman

By Walt Whitman. Find the other passages here: https://whitmanarchive.org/published/LG/1891/poems/95 I swear the earth shall surely be complete to him or her who shall be complete,The …

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From Sand and Foam

daily poem, Kahlil Gibran, Lebanon

By Kahlil Gibran, 1883-1931, Lebanon. Submitted by Leslie Robertson, who likely didn’t expect me to post the whole passage from which she quoted. This passage …

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The Uniform of the Dispossessed

Canada, Emma LaRocque, Metis

By Emma LaRocque, b.1949, Métis/Canada. Sometimes I forgetso I buy soft thingssurround my hard-won worldwith syntheticspastelscushionsand Zamfir. Sometimes I forgetso I go to theatresurround my …

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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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Funeral Blues

England, W. H. Auden

By W.H. Auden, 1907-1973, England. Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,Silence the pianos and with …

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Today's Poem

Speaking To You (From Rock Bottom)

Sep 27, 2020 | Canada, daily poem, Michael Ondaatje