Today's poem: For the Dogs Who Barked at Me on the Sidewalks in Connecticut by Hanif Abdurraqib
divasofverse.com/2019/12/for-do
Conversation
Reposting yesterday's poem: Why I Don’t Mention Flowers When Conversations with My Brother Reach Uncomfortable Silences by Natalie Diaz
divasofverse.com/2019/12/why-i-
Replying to
Reposting the poem of the day before: Anything Can Happen by Seamus Heaney
divasofverse.com/2019/12/anythi
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Here's another poem by Hanif Abdurraqib: It’s Not Like Nikola Tesla Knew All of Those People Were Going to Die
divasofverse.com/2018/12/its-no
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And another: How Can Black People Write About Flowers at a Time Like This by Hanif Abdurraqib
divasofverse.com/2019/07/how-ca
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This was the poem of the day six years ago:
Buddha and the Seven Tiger Cubs by Henri Cole
divasofverse.com/2013/12/buddha
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This was the poem of the day five years ago:
The Unknown Citizen by W. H. Auden
divasofverse.com/2014/12/the-un
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This was the poem of the day four years ago:
Loneliness by Fanny Howe
divasofverse.com/2015/12/loneli
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This was the poem of the day three years ago:
Made to Breathe by Nicole Sealey
divasofverse.com/2016/12/made-t
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This was the poem of the day two years ago:
The Just by Jorge Luis Borges
divasofverse.com/2017/12/the-ju
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This was the poem of the day last year:
June 30, 1974 by James Schuyler
divasofverse.com/2018/12/june-3
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Funeral Blues by W. H. Auden
divasofverse.com/2014/12/funera
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My Grandmother’s Grave by Dunya Mikhail
divasofverse.com/2014/12/my-gra
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Kingdom Animalia by Aracelis Girmay
divasofverse.com/2015/12/kingdo
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