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Martha
Apr 26
April 26: Origin Story, 1993
Origin Story, 1993 Adam Falkner Your grandma says you look just like your cousin Frank, mostly in the
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April 26: Origin Story, 1993
Origin Story, 1993 Adam Falkner Your grandma says you look just like your cousin Frank, mostly in the
Apr 26
Martha
Apr 25
April 25: from Moon for Aisha
from Moon for Aisha Aracelis Girmay — for Kamilah Aisha Moon, with a line after Cornelius Eady's
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April 25: from Moon for Aisha
from Moon for Aisha Aracelis Girmay — for Kamilah Aisha Moon, with a line after Cornelius Eady's
Apr 25
Martha
Apr 24
April 24: How Can Black People Write About Flowers at a Time Like This
How Can Black People Write About Flowers at a Time Like This Hanif Abdurraqib dear reader, with our
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April 24: How Can Black People Write About Flowers at a Time Like This
How Can Black People Write About Flowers at a Time Like This Hanif Abdurraqib dear reader, with our
Apr 24
Martha
Apr 23
April 23: Available Now: Archaic Torsos of Both Sexes
Available Now: Archaic Torsos of Both Sexes Gregory Orr Though I'm modest as most, I couldn't
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April 23: Available Now: Archaic Torsos of Both Sexes
Available Now: Archaic Torsos of Both Sexes Gregory Orr Though I'm modest as most, I couldn't
Apr 23
Martha
Apr 22
April 22: Kinder Than Man
Kinder Than Man Althea Davis And God please let the deer on the highway get some kind of heaven.
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April 22: Kinder Than Man
Kinder Than Man Althea Davis And God please let the deer on the highway get some kind of heaven.
Apr 22
Martha
Apr 21
April 21: April Morning
April Morning Jonathan Wells You are living the life you wanted as if you'd known what that was
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April 21: April Morning
April Morning Jonathan Wells You are living the life you wanted as if you'd known what that was
Apr 21
Martha
Apr 20
April 20: blessing the boats
blessing the boats Lucille Clifton (at St. Mary's) may the tide that is entering even now the lip
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April 20: blessing the boats
blessing the boats Lucille Clifton (at St. Mary's) may the tide that is entering even now the lip
Apr 20
Martha
Apr 19
April 19: Dear Proofreader
Dear Proofreader David Hernandez You're right. I meant “midst,” not “mist.” I don't know what
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April 19: Dear Proofreader
Dear Proofreader David Hernandez You're right. I meant “midst,” not “mist.” I don't know what
Apr 19
Martha
Apr 18
April 18: Fourteen
Fourteen Marie Howe She is still mine—for another year or so— but she's already looking past me
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April 18: Fourteen
Fourteen Marie Howe She is still mine—for another year or so— but she's already looking past me
Apr 18
Martha
Apr 17
April 17: You Belong to the World
You Belong to the World Carrie Fountain as do your children, as does your husband. It's strange
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April 17: You Belong to the World
You Belong to the World Carrie Fountain as do your children, as does your husband. It's strange
Apr 17
Martha
Apr 16
April 16: Love Comes Quietly
Love Comes Quietly Robert Creeley Love comes quietly, finally, drops about me, on me, in the old ways
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April 16: Love Comes Quietly
Love Comes Quietly Robert Creeley Love comes quietly, finally, drops about me, on me, in the old ways
Apr 16
Martha
Apr 15
April 15: Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination of Anglikan Seraphym Subjugation of a Wild Indian Rezervation
Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination of Anglikan Seraphym Subjugation of a Wild Indian
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April 15: Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination of Anglikan Seraphym Subjugation of a Wild Indian Rezervation
Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination of Anglikan Seraphym Subjugation of a Wild Indian
Apr 15
Martha
Apr 14
April 14: The Wordsworth Effect
The Wordsworth Effect Joyce Sutphen Is when you return to a place and it's not nearly as amazing
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April 14: The Wordsworth Effect
The Wordsworth Effect Joyce Sutphen Is when you return to a place and it's not nearly as amazing
Apr 14
Martha
Apr 13
April 13: Broken Periodic
Broken Periodic Maya C. Popa No one who has ever had a childhood wants what's happening. No one
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April 13: Broken Periodic
Broken Periodic Maya C. Popa No one who has ever had a childhood wants what's happening. No one
Apr 13
Martha
Apr 12
April 12: A Small Psalm
A Small Psalm Catherine Wing Sorrow be gone, be a goner, be forsooth un-sooth, make like a suit and
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April 12: A Small Psalm
A Small Psalm Catherine Wing Sorrow be gone, be a goner, be forsooth un-sooth, make like a suit and
Apr 12
Martha
Apr 11
April 11: The Coffin Maker Speaks
The Coffin Maker Speaks Lisa Suhair Majaj At first it was shocking—orders flooding in faster than I
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April 11: The Coffin Maker Speaks
The Coffin Maker Speaks Lisa Suhair Majaj At first it was shocking—orders flooding in faster than I
Apr 11
Martha
Apr 10
April 10: The Winter Palace
The Winter Palace Philip Larkin Most people know more as they get older: I give all that the cold
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April 10: The Winter Palace
The Winter Palace Philip Larkin Most people know more as they get older: I give all that the cold
Apr 10
Martha
Apr 9
April 9: Physical Therapy
Physical Therapy Franny Choi Ask, first, what your smallest body parts require to sing again: coconut
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April 9: Physical Therapy
Physical Therapy Franny Choi Ask, first, what your smallest body parts require to sing again: coconut
Apr 9
Martha
Apr 8
April 8: As If to Demonstrate an Eclipse
As If to Demonstrate an Eclipse Billy Collins I pick an orange from a wicker basket and place it on
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April 8: As If to Demonstrate an Eclipse
As If to Demonstrate an Eclipse Billy Collins I pick an orange from a wicker basket and place it on
Apr 8
Martha
Apr 7
April 7: The First Line is the Deepest
The First Line is the Deepest Kim Addonizio I have been one acquainted with the spatula, the slotted,
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April 7: The First Line is the Deepest
The First Line is the Deepest Kim Addonizio I have been one acquainted with the spatula, the slotted,
Apr 7
Martha
Apr 6
April 6: First Birthday
First Birthday Brad Leithauser You have your one word, which fills you to brimming. It's
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April 6: First Birthday
First Birthday Brad Leithauser You have your one word, which fills you to brimming. It's
Apr 6
Martha
Apr 5
April 5: May 5, 2020
May 5, 2020 John Okrent It is beautiful to be glad to see a person every time you see them, as I was
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April 5: May 5, 2020
May 5, 2020 John Okrent It is beautiful to be glad to see a person every time you see them, as I was
Apr 5
Martha
Apr 4
April 4: Coyotes by the Eliot House
Coyotes by the Eliot House Glyn Maxwell Tom I've a question and all I have is a question. There
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April 4: Coyotes by the Eliot House
Coyotes by the Eliot House Glyn Maxwell Tom I've a question and all I have is a question. There
Apr 4
Martha
Apr 3
April 3: Positivity
Positivity DA Powell “Anyway, it isn't forever,” Chris said, “eventually you're dead.” And we
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April 3: Positivity
Positivity DA Powell “Anyway, it isn't forever,” Chris said, “eventually you're dead.” And we
Apr 3
Martha
Apr 2
April 2: from Understory
from Understory Craig Santos Perez (to my wife, nālani and our 7-month old daughter, kai) kai cries
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April 2: from Understory
from Understory Craig Santos Perez (to my wife, nālani and our 7-month old daughter, kai) kai cries
Apr 2
Martha
Apr 1
National Poetry Month: April 1: vocabulary
vocabulary Safia Elhillo fact: the arabic word هواء (hawa) means wind thearabicwordهوى (hawa) means
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National Poetry Month: April 1: vocabulary
vocabulary Safia Elhillo fact: the arabic word هواء (hawa) means wind thearabicwordهوى (hawa) means
Apr 1
Martha
4/30/23
April 30: Oral History of Insatiability
Oral History of Insatiability Jason Myers I woke in the wreck of history still drowsy, a dryness in
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April 30: Oral History of Insatiability
Oral History of Insatiability Jason Myers I woke in the wreck of history still drowsy, a dryness in
4/30/23
Martha
4/29/23
April 29: June
June Alex Dimitrov There will never be more of summer than there is now. Walking alone through Union
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April 29: June
June Alex Dimitrov There will never be more of summer than there is now. Walking alone through Union
4/29/23
Martha
4/28/23
April 28: To Be Alive
To Be Alive Gregory Orr To be alive: not just the carcass but the spark. That's crudely put, but.
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April 28: To Be Alive
To Be Alive Gregory Orr To be alive: not just the carcass but the spark. That's crudely put, but.
4/28/23
Martha
4/27/23
April 27: from Burial
from Burial Ross Gay You're right, you're right, the fertilizer's good— it wasn't a
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April 27: from Burial
from Burial Ross Gay You're right, you're right, the fertilizer's good— it wasn't a
4/27/23