Poem-a-Day
Poem-a-Day is the original and only daily digital poetry series featuring over 250 new, previously unpublished poems by today's talented poets each year. On weekdays, poems are accompanied by exclusive commentary and audio by the poets. The series highlights classic poems on weekends. Launched in 2006, Poem-a-Day is distributed via email, web, and social media to 500,000+ readers free of charge. The series is curated by twelve poets from across the country who have wide-ranging expertise and editorial perspectives. Learn more about the 2019 guest editors and revisit the 2018 guest editors and the poems they curated.
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One Geography of Belonging
One Geography of Belonging
After Ocean Vuong’s “Prayer for the Newly Damned” Dearest Mother, what becomes of the girl no longer a girl? The stretch marks from my once breasts have migrated to their new tectonic flats. But you can always find hints of what used to be. Trust me, it is more beautiful this way, to look closely at my body and name it things like: Pangea & history & so, so warm. Look at me now and you’ll see how blood faithfully takes the shape of its body, never asking too many questions. Dearest Mother, how many rivers did I run across your belly? Do you love that they will never dry up? Dearest Mother, I’ll make all this water worth it.
Copyright © 2018 by Kayleb Rae Candrilli. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on January 18, 2019, by the Academy of American Poets.
Copyright © 2018 by Kayleb Rae Candrilli. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on January 18, 2019, by the Academy of American Poets.
previous poems
date |
title | author |
|---|---|---|
| January 17, 2019 | Fish & Duck Skills | Metta Sáma |
| January 16, 2019 | Untitled | Maged Zaher |
| January 15, 2019 | Only we make beautiful things just to destroy them | Vickie Vértiz |
| January 14, 2019 | Delilah | Trevor Ketner |
| January 13, 2019 | Winter-Lull | D. H. Lawrence |
| January 12, 2019 | This Much and More | Djuna Barnes |
| January 11, 2019 | Feel Piece 4 | Laura Wetherington |
| January 11, 2019 | Feel Piece 4 | Hannah Ensor |
| January 10, 2019 | I hear a dog who is always in my death | Samuel Ace |
| January 09, 2019 | Eccles. 9:7 | Chase Berggrun |