Today's poem:
I Want To Die Before You by Nazim Hikmet
divasofverse.com/2020/06/i-want
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Reposting yesterday's poem:
Tonight, in Oakland by Danez Smith
divasofverse.com/2020/06/tonigh
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Reposting the poem of the day before:
A History of Sexual Preference by Robin Becker
divasofverse.com/2020/06/a-hist
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Here's another poem by Nazim Hikmet:
Things I Didn’t Know I Loved
divasofverse.com/2017/03/things
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And another:
Some Advice to Those Who Will Serve Time in Prison by Nazim Hikmet
divasofverse.com/2016/10/some-a
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This was the poem of the day six years ago:
The Conjugation of the Paramecium by Muriel Rukeyser
divasofverse.com/2014/06/the-co
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This was the poem of the day five years ago:
Lady Lazarus by Sylvia Plath
divasofverse.com/2015/06/lady-l
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This was the poem of the day four years ago:
Patience by Kay Ryan
divasofverse.com/2016/06/patien
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This was the poem of the day two years ago:
Dear Reader by Rita Mae Reese
divasofverse.com/2018/06/dear-r
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Imperialism Takes off my Head by Tomaž Šalamun
divasofverse.com/2017/01/imperi
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What is the background to this poem? Who is he writing to? Looking at reference to prison in last stanza.

