An Elegy for Renee Nicole Good by Danez Smith "The role of us poets is to witness the world, to see with our eyes and souls the delicate threads of truth, past, and possibility around us." Read here: www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...

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Today’s Featured Poem: [from the time we were talking] by Henri Meschonnic, translated from the French by Gabriella Bedetti & Don Boes published by The Southern Review Read here: poems.com/poem/from-th...

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Today's Featured Poem: "Debt Ritual: Oysters" by Katie Naughton from Debt Ritual published by @fonografeditions.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/debt-ri...

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Today's Featured Poem: "The Last Himalayan Beekeeper" by Samyak Shertok from No Rhododendron published by the University of Pittsburgh Press Read here: poems.com/poem/the-las...

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Today’s Feature: Jennifer Grotz on Ellen Bryant Voigt Read here: poems.com/features/wha...

Monika Herceg’s “Preparing the Body” from Closed Season (tr. Marina Veverec) is featured @poetrydaily.bsky.social today. poems.com/poem/prepari...

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Today's Featured Poem: "Language Lessons" by Judith Kiros, translated from the Swedish by Kira Josefsson with Judith Kiros, from @circumferencemag.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/languag...

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Today's Featured Poem: "Remote Work" by Nell Wright published by @parisreview.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/remote-...

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Today's Featured Poem: [come we know the water…] by Sabine Huynh, translated from the French by Charlotte Mandell from Speaking Skin published by Black Square Editions Read here: poems.com/poem/come-we...

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Today's Featured Poem: "13 Questions for the Next Economy" by @utopiaminus.bsky.social from 13 Questions for the Next Economy published by @noemipress.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/13-ques...

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Today’s Featured Poem: “Matryoshka” by Temperance Aghamohammadi from Battalion Shaped Girl published by Discount Guillotine Read here:

Today’s Featured Poem: "Thyme" & "Sycamore matter" by Christian Lehnert, translated by Richard Sieburth from wickerwork published by @archipelagobooks.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/thyme-s...

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Today's Featured Poem: "Mundane Song" by Rickey Laurentiis from Death of the First Idea published by Knopf Read here: poems.com/poem/mundane...

Today's Featured Poem: "Proto-Indo-European Trees" by Stephen Collis from The Middle published by @talonbooks.bsky.social Read here:

Today’s Feature: What Sparks Poetry: Devon Walker-Figuera on “Polyphase Sestets” from Lazarus Species published by Milkweed Read here: poems.com/poem/polypha...

Today’s Featured Poem: “Craft Talk” by Fargo Nissim Tbakhi from Terror Counter published by Deep Vellum Read here: poems.com/poem/craft-t...

Today’s Featured Poem: [we will weave the earth this dress of time...] by Cody-Rose Clevidence from The Household of Earthly Nature published by Roof Books Read here: poems.com/poem/we-will...

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Today’s Featured Poems: “Spam for President” by Harryette Mullen from Regaining published by @graywolfpress.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/spam-fo...

Today’s Featured Poem: “Stacking Cistern My Bones on Top of Your Bones on Top of Your Bones” by Gabrielle Calvocoressi from The New Economy published by @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/stackin...