National Poetry Month: Poem of the Day

As a boutique publishing house that focuses on print media, we obviously have a love for holding beautiful poetry books in our hands and the pleasure of discovering a new poem as we turn each page.  However, we also realize the importance of being able to share this poetry with a larger, global audience via social media and the internet.

Therefore, to celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box will be sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years.

Check back every day in April to see which poem was selected and if a poem moves you, please leave a comment and/or feel free to share on Facebook, Twitter, or your preferred social media channel.  There just may be a special surprise for the poet whose poem received the most feedback, shares, etc.

Poems-of-the-Day for April, 2018

Poem of the Day (04-01-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Sacrifice" by Jeff Knorr (Sacramento Poet Laureate Emeritus), which appears in Verse on the Vine Anthology:
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Poem of the Day (04-02-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Still Life with Bride" by Laura LeHew, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon—Love Poems:
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Poem of the Day (04-03-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Migrant Heart" by Lynn M. Knapp, which appears in her book, Giving Ground:
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Poem of the Day (04-04-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Scars, Philippine Sweet Potatoes and Mango" by Georgette Howington, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon – Poems about Food:
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Poem of the Day (04-05-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "The Sorrowing of Birds" by Jane Yolen, which appears in Poeming Pigeons – Poems about Birds:
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Poem of the Day (04-06-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Innkeepers Wife Irate Over Loss" by Carolyn Martin, which appears in The Way a Woman Knows:
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Poem of the Day (04-07-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "What We Thought We Heard" by Jan Haag, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Poems about Music:
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Poem of the Day (04-08-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Before They Reheat the Rod" by Penelope Scambly Schott, which appears in Of Course, I'm a Feminist!
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Poem of the Day (04-09-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Fertilized by Mark Strand" by Ada Jill Schneider, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Poems from the Garden:
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Poem of the Day (04-10-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Dirty Girl" by Kristin Roedell, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Doobie or Not Doobie:
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Poem of the Day (04-11-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Checking Fencelines" by Tricia Knoll, which appears in Broadfork Farm:
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Poem of the Day (04-12-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Kiss, Kisses" by Judith Arcana, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Love Poems:
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Poem of the Day (04-13-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Average Afternoon, Portland" by 'M' which appears in Keeping It Weird—Poems & Stories of Portland, Oregon
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Poem of the Day (04-14-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Let it Be" by Connie Post, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Poems about Music:
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Poem of the Day (04-15-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Today I Will Only Attend to the Small Things" by Viola Weinberg, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Poems from the Garden:
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Poem of the Day (04-16-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Requiem" by Pam Crow, which appears in Of Course, I'm a Feminist!
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Poem of the Day (04-17-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Appetite" by Paulann Petersen (Oregon Poet Laureate Emerita), which appears in The Poeming Pigeon – Poems about Food:
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Poem of the Day (04-18-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "What the Crows Have Taught Me" by Donna McLaughlin Schwender, which appears in Poeming Pigeons: Poems about Birds:
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Poem of the Day (04-19-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Hippie Wrinkles" by 'Michael Berton' which appears in Keeping It Weird—Poems & Stories of Portland, Oregon
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Poem of the Day (04-20-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "No, It's Called Flower" by Judith Skillman, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Doobie or Not Doobie:
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Poem of the Day (04-21-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Tracy Chapman" by David Jibson, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Poems about Music:
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Poem of the Day (04-22-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Before I Gained All This Weight" by Molly Fisk, which appears in Verse on the Vine Anthology:
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Poem of the Day (04-23-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Following Leonard Cohen's Lead" by Karla Linn Merrifield, which appears in Poeming Pigeons: Poems about Birds:
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Poem of the Day (04-24-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Blaze" by Annie Lighthart, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Poems from the Garden:
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Poem of the Day (04-25-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "If Jimi Hadn't Died So Young" by dan raphael which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Poems about Music:
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Poem of the Day (04-26-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Creative Writing 101" by Matthew Lane Brouwer, which appears in Verse on the Vine Anthology:
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Poem of the Day (04-27-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Plums" by Mariano Zaro, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon – Poems about Food:
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Poem of the Day (04-28-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Leaning into the Wind" by Cynthia Linville, which appears in Poetica Erotica, Vol 1:
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Poem of the Day (04-29-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "Forms of Grief" by Diane Averill, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Poems from the Garden:
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Poem of the Day (04-30-2018)

Please enjoy today's selection: "The Wider Rim" by Laura Grace Weldon, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Love Poems:
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