poems for these hours

“Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.” —Rita Dove         New poems every day. All photos original.  Make sure to opt your tumblr out of AI theft: https://www.tumblr.com/settings/blog/

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Kate Baer, from What Kind of Woman. (Harper Perennial).

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Kathy Fagan, from her book Bad Hobby. (Milkweed).

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Kaveh Akbar, from Calling a Wolf a Wolf. (Alice James Books)

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Poem by Leslie J Anderson.

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Kevin Kantor. Excerpt of a poem originally published in Please Come Off-Book. (Button Poetry)

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From Linda Susan Jackson's book, Intuition. (Tia Chucha Press, 2007).

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From Maurice Manning's book, Snakedoctor. (Copper Canyon, 2023)

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From Luther Hughes's book, A Shiver in the Leaves. (BOA Editions, 2022)

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From Randall Mann's book, Deal. (Copper Canyon, 2023).

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From Brian Turner's book, The Wild Delight of Wild Things. (Alice James, 2023)

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From Ellen Bass's book, Mules of Love. (BOA Editions, 2002).

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From Caroline Harper New's book, A History of Half-Birds. (Milkweed, 2024).

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An old classic for today.

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From Charif Shanahan's book, Trace Evidence. (Tin House, 2023)

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From Erin Marie Lynch's book, Removal Acts. (Graywolf, 2023)

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From Fady Joudah's book, Alight. (Copper Canyon, 2013).

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From Jeffrey McDaniel's book The Forgiveness Parade. (Manic D, 1998)