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- Poem-a-Day, April 1, 2010
“The Unknown Citizen” by W.H. Auden from Collected Poems (2007)
- Poem-a-Day, April 2, 2010: On Cooking a Symbol at 400 Degrees
“On Cooking a Symbol at 400 Degrees” by Patty Seyburn from Poetry magazine (Feb. 2010)
- Poem-a-Day, April 3, 2010: blooded, lobster, roses
“Better Read, A Valentine” by Daisy Fried from My Brother Is Getting Arrested Again (2006)
- Poem-a-Day, April 4, 2010: we are here
“Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)
- Poem-a-Day, April 5, 2010: entangled
“Empty-handed I entered the world” by Kozan Ichikyo (1360) from Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death compiled by Yoel Hoffmann
- Poem-a-Day, April 6, 2010: When whatever you want to do cannot be done
“Be Near Me” by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, translated by Naomi Lazard, from The True Subject (1987)
- Poem-a-Day, April 7, 2010: Was that–? Did she just–?
“Private Theatricals” by Louise Guiney (1861-1920) from Poems Between Women: Four Centuries of Love, Romantic Friendship, and Desire by Emma Donoghue (1997)
- Poem-a-Day, April 8, 2010: Iron. Lust.
“Ghazal” by Emily Moore from The Yale Review, vol. 90, no. 1 (January 2002)
Also “Why Teachers Are Not Those Who Can’t” by Emily Moore from Newsweek (April 2, 2000)
- Poem-a-Day, April 9, 2010: fast transparency that explodes
“Poem to Fire” by Peter Campion from Other People (2005)
- Poem-a-Day, April 10, 2010: so close to what I mean
“Bilingual Sestina” by Julia Alvarez from The Other Side / El Otro Lado (1995)
- Poem-a-Day, April 11, 2010: wet black arrow, long pink dangle
“Benevolence” by Tony Hoagland from Donkey Gospel (1998)
- Poem-a-Day, April 12, 2010: self-collecting power
“The Snail”by William Cowper (1731-1800)
- Poem-a-Day, April 13, 2010: concentric shocks
“The Shampoo” by Elizabeth Bishop from The Complete Poems, 1927-1979
- April 14 & 15 Poems-a-Days: the speed of moonlight
“Spring” and “Dress Rehearsal” by Chloë Honum from Poetry magazine (Nov. 2009)
- Poem-a-Day, April 16, 2010: made of ash
“Ash” by W.S. Merwin from Selected Poems (1988)
- Poem-a-Day, April 17, 2010: Type B
“Giving Blood” by Sherman Alexie from This Business of Fancydancing (1992)
- Poem-a-Yesterday, April 18: a slip between letters
“Letter” by Natasha Trethewey from Native Guard (2006)
- Poem-a-Day, April 19, 2010: ‘Twas brillig
“Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll from Collected Stories
- Poem-a-Day, April 20, 2010: m&m&m&m
“maggie and milly and molly and may” by E.E. Cummings from The Complete Poems: 1904-1962
- Poem-a-Day, April 21, 2010
“Night Drive” by J. Allyn Rosser from Poetry magazine (Feb. 2010)
- Poem-a-Day, April 22, 2010: into the presence of still water
“The Peace of Wild Things” by Wendell Berry from Collected Poems 1957-1982
- Poem-a-Day, April 23, 2010: Bottom feeders? Please.
“Jubilee” by Gabrielle Calvocoressi from Apocalyptic Swing (2009)
- Poem-a-Day, April 24, 2010: in the mood for ghosts
“Record” by Katrina Vandenberg from Atlas (2005)
- Poem-a-Day, April 25, 2010: not admitting of the wound
“A great Hope fell,” by Emily Dickinson from The Complete Poems
- Poem-a-Day, April 26, 2010: Smut.
“It’s Smut” by Kevin McFadden from Hardscrabble (2008)
- Poem-a-Day, April 27, 2010: TOP-EST SECRET-EST BRAIN NEST
The Butter Battle Book (1984) by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)
- Poem-a-Day, April 28, 2010: What can I say? Another crow.
“Dust of Snow” by Robert Frost from New Hampshire (1923)
Also Collected Poems (1969)
- Poem-a-Day, April 29, 2010: cool.
“The Pool Players” by Gwendolyn Brooks from The Bean Eaters (1960)
Also The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks (2005)
- Poem-a-Day, April 30, 2010: Death to Art
“Poem of the End” by Vasilisk Gnedov from Death to Art (1913)