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AAP Poem-a-Day

September 2023

These poems from our archives were selected by judge Arthur Sze for the 2023 American Academy of Poets Poem-a-Day feature.

Blue morning glories on a yellow background

Morning Glories by Suzuki Kiitsu. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Seymour Fund, 1954.

from “Everything Shimmers”

By Naja Marie Aidt

. . . the world shimmers / everything unimaginably possible . . .

Translated from Danish by Susanna Nied

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An image of a collection of eggs of various sizes.

"Animals of the Past” by Frederic A. Lucas. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Doppelgänger

By Xavier Valcárcel

she packed my suitcase and said go.

Translated from Spanish by Roque Raquel Salas Rivera

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Three spheres floating on a dark grey background.

Photo by Hassaan Here on Unsplash.

Juggler

By Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles

How does one grasp making / sense of timing when to hurl and when to catch?

Translated from Filipino by Kristine Ong Muslim

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Illuminated highways in Kyiv at night

Photo by Levi Kyiv on Unsplash

a moving grove

By Iryna Shuvalova

go escape while you can go escape

Translated from Ukrainian by Uilleam Blacker

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