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In 2018, among the 365 poems Poetry Daily presented, 160 came from books published by 80 different presses. Browse all those plus newly featured books here. You may also browse books presented via Editor’s Choice, which spotlights a new poetry collection publicly chosen by an editorial board member, featured books of Poetry in Translation, and by Publisher.

Conor Oberst

Sean Shearer

There were woods behind my house scattered with berries I couldn’t digest. I’d curl on top of the dirt hugging the knot inside my belly and now I’m in bed kissing a pale green vein as I listen to his voice like a knife with its scar— six birds stretched across a fret board.

from the book Red Lemons / University of Akron Press

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April 18, 2021

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Tiana Nobile

Of an animal, especially a bird. A wandering species whom no seas nor places limit. A seed who survives despite the depths of hard winter. The ripple of a herring steering her band from icy seas to warmer strands.

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Cleave

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Hub City Press

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April 17, 2021

A Hint to Lucretius

Donald Revell

My mother's name was Doris, A Greek unknown to her. Hidden Among the wild herbs in their patterns Are first things, and first things never die. To them, the afterlife is a memory.

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White Campion

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Alice James Books

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April 16, 2021

American Multitude

Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley

as every thing begins with the heart beat of horses a tribe the thudded color of all creation my people gather brindle as if the night were drizzled long across their backs she of sickle sword of tendon & tusk

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Dēmos

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Milkweed Editions

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April 15, 2021

from War of the Beasts and the Animals

Maria Stepanova (translated from the Russian by Sasha Dugdale)

they travelled a long time longlongtime dumbstruck stillstanding trees not-earth and earth pressed close builder's yards morgues fly-tips

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War of the Beasts and the Animals

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Bloodaxe Books

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Translation

April 14, 2021

Blood Ode

Diamond Forde

fat girl nicks herself shaving in the shower, resents the water that will carry her blood to sea. Blood, worthless currency, cannot buy a country but becomes it, platelets stitching into streets. fat girl weeps for the blood that won't return—

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Mother Body

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Saturnalia Books

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April 13, 2021

Morning, As Is

Cynthia Arrieu-King

I didn’t want to do it over in silk flowers the main strands of staying here— flowers made of yarn held behind the back, a shore where splendor washed up a glittery stone, a sun setting in its stripes.

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Continuity

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Octopus Books

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April 12, 2021

Abattoir Gentrification

Rosamond S. King

When someone’s son becomes a meat offering on our block, they hire one of us to scrub the blood away – can understand that but they’ve been scrubbing us away painting over bronzed cherubs

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All the Rage

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Nightboat Books

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April 11, 2021

Circumference

Arthur Sze

Adjusting the rearview mirror in the car before backing out of the garage, I ask, What is the logarithm of a dream? How do you trace a sphere whose center is nowhere?

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The Glass Constellation: New and Collected Poems

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Copper Canyon Press

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April 10, 2021

Ode to the Maggot

Yusef Komunyakaa

Brother of the blowfly & godhead, you work magic Over battlefields, In slabs of bad pork & flophouses. Yes, you Go to the root of all things.

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Everyday Mojo Songs of Earth: New and Selected Poems, 2001-2021

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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April 9, 2021

A Cat Lover’s Guide to The Bell Curve

Brooks Haxton

Pigs may be the most intelligent of the domestic animals, but next to pigs cats look like geniuses for diet, caterwauling sex, longevity, and hygiene.