Today's poem: Identity Politics by Tayi Tibble
divasofverse.com/2020/04/identi
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Reposting yesterday's poem: April by William Carlos Williams
divasofverse.com/2020/04/april-
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Reposting the poem of the day before: The Abandoned Valley by Jack Gilbert
divasofverse.com/2020/04/the-ab
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And here's a bonus poem: Torso of Air by Ocean Vuong
divasofverse.com/2016/09/torso-
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This was the poem of the day six years ago:
And One For My Dame by Anne Sexton
divasofverse.com/2014/04/and-on
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This was the poem of the day four years ago:
Much Better Than a Goat by Gerald Stern
divasofverse.com/2016/04/much-b
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This was the poem of the day three years ago:
Heirloom by Nikky Finney
divasofverse.com/2017/04/heirlo
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This was the poem of the day two years ago:
A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island by Frank O'Hara
divasofverse.com/2018/04/a-true
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Dark Summer by Louise Bogan
divasofverse.com/2017/08/dark-s
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All fine strong poems. Gilbert’s appropriate yes but too short—one wants MORE Gilbert always. He used to have a cluster of poems in every issue (it seemed)of The Quarterly. One of many superb writers I can thank Gordon Lish for. Many. A worshipped man who doesn’t get his due. Odd

