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Epithalamium

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 20, 2016

by Roger Reeves

birth-day

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 10, 2017

by Lucille Clifton

If God Made Jam

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 21, 2016

by Sarah Lindsay

Elegy

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 5, 2016

by Laura Kasischke

Christmas Eve, Kampala, Uganda

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 9, 2016

by Adrie Kusserow

Bee Sting

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 7, 2016

by Erin Belieu

Untitled 5

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 5, 2016

by Sherwin Bitsui

Nocturne, Traffic Control Point

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 5, 2016

by Hugh Martin

Scarecrow on Fire

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 9, 2016

by Dean Young

blessing the boats

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 11, 2017

by Lucille Clifton

Divination 4

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 22, 2016

by Chris Abani

good times

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 3, 2017

by Lucille Clifton

The Parable of a Blade of Grass

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 11, 2016

by Roger Reeves

Rose Red

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 4, 2016

by Erin Belieu

Untitled 10

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 10, 2016

by Sherwin Bitsui

Voices from the Rubble

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 10, 2017

by Matthew Shenoda

A Poem about White Apples

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 8, 2016

by Valzhyna Mort

The Sea (excerpt)

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 25, 2016

by Michael Dickman

The Shipfitter's Wife

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 6, 2017

by Dorianne Laux

My Father Full of Light

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 19, 2016

by Michael Dickman

Untitled 4

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 21, 2016

by Sherwin Bitsui

Pilgrimage 8

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 8, 2016

by Chris Abani

The Puffball

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 22, 2017

by Fleda Brown

Drinking Song

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 17, 2015

by James Arthur

A Series of Actions

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 18, 2016

by C.D. Wright

English Flavors

Vandal Poem of the Day: Nov 7, 2016

by Laure-Anne Bosselaar

Hotels

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 4, 2016

by C.D. Wright

Oasis

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 1, 2017

by Matthew Shenoda

The New Green

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 16, 2016

by Michael Dickman

Untitled 1

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 14, 2016

by Sherwin Bitsui

Above Love (excerpt)

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 23, 2015

by Michael Dickman

Music of Locusts

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 10, 2016

by Valzhyna Mort

Axis

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 24, 2017

by Ray Gonzalez

Dancing at Your Wedding

Vandal Poem of the Day: Oct 6, 2016

by Fleda Brown

My Autopsy (excerpt)

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 1, 2016

by Michael Dickman

The throat-flute uttering

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 14, 2017

by Karen Volkman

Conifers

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 22, 2016

by Mark Bibbins

Rapid Transit

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 15, 2015

by James Arthur

The City That Swallowed the Sea

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 3, 2017

by Ryan Teitman

Fireflies

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 28, 2017

by Cecilia Woloch

Self-Portrait in Ink

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 21, 2017

by Bruce Beasley

The Genius of Time

Vandal Poem of the Day: Oct 25, 2016

by Katy Lederer

Your Eyes Are the Color of a Lightbulb Floating in the Potomac River

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 23, 2016

by Matthew Zapruder

Clockmaker with Bad Eyes

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 13, 2016

by C.D. Wright

Wang Wei (excerpt)

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 6, 2016

by Michael Dickman

January

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 3, 2016

by Laura Kasischke

Re Happiness, in pursuit thereof

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 16, 2016

by C.D. Wright

Girl Friend

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 31, 2016

by C.D. Wright

In the Graveyard

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 29, 2016

by Erin Belieu

Headlong

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 6, 2016

by Brenda Shaughnessy

What Makes the Green Grass Grow

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 12, 2016

by Kerry James Evans

Deepstep Come Shining (excerpt)

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 26, 2016

by C.D. Wright

The Famed Clipper Is in Flames

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 1, 2016

by Lisa Olstein

A Childhood

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 11, 2017

by Kim Addonizio

The End of Pink

Vandal Poem of the Day: Nov 2, 2016

by Kathryn Nuernberger

Cigarettes

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 16, 2016

by Laura Kasischke

Lifelong

Vandal Poem of the Day: Nov 17, 2016

by W.D. Snodgrass

A Family Story

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 17, 2017

by Deborah Brown

Sylt II

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 27, 2016

by Valzhyna Mort

Dear Minnie, Dear Ms.

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 10, 2017

by Aracelis Girmay

Untitled 9

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 25, 2016

by Sherwin Bitsui

Getting to Know You

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 18, 2017

by Jeanne Marie Beaumont

For My Daughter on her Twenty-First Birthday

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 14, 2016

by Ellen Bass

Upraised Arms

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 23, 2017

by Richard Garcia

A Spot on the Kitchen Floor

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 13, 2017

by Louis Simpson

Morning Song

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 24, 2017

by Katy Lederer

Niagra

Vandal Poem of the Day: Oct 3, 2016

by Erika Meitner

Radium

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 19, 2015

by Sarah Lindsay

Messenger

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 18, 2017

by Naomi Shihab Nye

Minotaur

Vandal Poem of the Day: Oct 26, 2016

by Richard Foerster

Be Always Late

Vandal Poem of the Day: Oct 27, 2016

by Cecilia Woloch

The Wonders of Nature

Vandal Poem of the Day: Sep 26, 2016

by Russell Edson

Packed in Ice

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 9, 2016

by Kerry James Evans

Finally

Vandal Poem of the Day: Nov 21, 2016

by Keetje Kuipers

The Inarticulate

Vandal Poem of the Day: Oct 21, 2016

by Michael Waters

Poem for Wine

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 20, 2016

by Matthew Zapruder

Poem That Wants to Know When You're Taking out the Trash

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 6, 2015

by Mark Bibbins

Untitled 3

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 10, 2015

by Sherwin Bitsui

Almost as Good as What We Destroyed

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 16, 2015

by Mark Bibbins

Farmer's Market Sweet Plums: Apology to the Flower Lady

Vandal Poem of the Day: Sep 28, 2016

by Geffrey Davis

Poem for Happiness

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 1, 2016

by Matthew Zapruder

Gift of the Book

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 4, 2016

by C.D. Wright

Factory

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 27, 2016

by Mark Bibbins

miss rosie

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 8, 2016

by Lucille Clifton

New Prose About an Old Poem

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 30, 2016

by Russell Edson

The Mummy Walks

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 16, 2016

by Sarah Lindsay

Max Jacob's Leather Coat and the Possibility of Grief

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 14, 2017

by Ray Gonzalez

Artless

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 13, 2016

by Brenda Shaughnessy

Summer Evening

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 20, 2016

by Isabella Gardner

Mushrooms

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 22, 2016

by Laura Kasischke

The Beauty of a Busted Fruit

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 2, 2016

by Natalie Diaz

On Being Fired Again

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 9, 2016

by Erin Belieu

Heavens

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 28, 2017

by Ira Sadoff

The Half King

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 17, 2017

by Wyn Cooper

Albert Einstein

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 2, 2016

by Matthew Zapruder

Vertigo

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 12, 2016

by James Arthur

Litany for Our Radical Engagement with the Material World

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 13, 2017

by Erika Meitner

For Lower Nubia

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 16, 2017

by Matthew Shenoda

The Brain Is an Operations Center

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 13, 2015

by Lisa Olstein

On a Steamer

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 24, 2016

by Valzhyna Mort

False Start (excerpt)

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 3, 2016

by Michael Dickman

The Red Blues

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 29, 2016

by Natalie Diaz

Poem without Intimacy

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 18, 2016

by Matthew Zapruder

Ephesians

Vandal Poem of the Day: Sep 20, 2016

by Ryan Teitman

Consolations

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 1, 2017

by Louis Simpson

This is a Test of the Internal Emergency Broadcast System

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 9, 2015

by Lisa Olstein

Wheels

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 4, 2017

by Louis Simpson

Untitled 6

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 15, 2016

by Sherwin Bitsui

All the Boredoms in the World

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 17, 2017

by Rick Bursky

Untitled 7

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 2, 2016

by Sherwin Bitsui

This Couple

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 17, 2016

by C.D. Wright

Hidden

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 21, 2017

by Naomi Shihab Nye

Ghost Hunger

Vandal Poem of the Day: Nov 25, 2016

by Cecilia Woloch

Weave

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 21, 2016

by Wyn Cooper

Photograph

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 13, 2016

by Valzhyna Mort

Wildwood

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 14, 2017

by G.C. Waldrep

Self-Portrait

Vandal Poem of the Day: Nov 8, 2016

by Devin Becker

An American Story

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 15, 2017

by Lucille Clifton

At the Musée Rodin in Paris

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 16, 2017

by Laure-Anne Bosselaar

Cathedrals

Vandal Poem of the Day: Oct 12, 2016

by Ryan Teitman

Jerusalem

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 3, 2017

by Naomi Shihab Nye

Elephants 1

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 9, 2016

by Chris Abani

i. reflected light

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 6, 2017

by Debra Kang Dean

Card 6 The Lovers

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 4, 2016

by Brenda Shaughnessy

Elephants 4

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 24, 2015

by Chris Abani

Childhood Friend

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 20, 2015

by Laura Kasischke

Notes from the Wilderness

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 22, 2016

by Lisa Olstein

Longing

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 18, 2017

by Meg Kearney

History

Vandal Poem of the Day: Oct 7, 2016

by Richard Garcia

Fine

Vandal Poem of the Day: Oct 5, 2016

by Kim Addonizio

Parable of House and Broom

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 3, 2017

by Katy Lederer

Volcano

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 18, 2016

by Kerry James Evans

Borders

Vandal Poem of the Day: Nov 10, 2016

by Adrie Kusserow

Killed in Childbirth

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 5, 2017

by Janice N. Harrington

Independence

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 17, 2016

by James Arthur

The Lynching Postcard. Duluth, Minnesota

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 12, 2016

by Ray Gonzalez

To an Editor Who Said I Repeat Myself and Tell Too Much

Vandal Poem of the Day: Oct 28, 2016

by Craig Morgan Teicher

Things to Do In the Belly of the Whale

Vandal Poem of the Day: Sep 29, 2016

by Dan Albergotti

Have I Forgotten Anything

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 9, 2017

by Michael Teig

Vaccination

Vandal Poem of the Day: Oct 31, 2016

by Laura Read

Plundering

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 30, 2016

by Kerry James Evans

How I Was Born

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 1, 2016

by Sarah Lindsay

Themselves Performing Small Brave Acts

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 23, 2016

by Lisa Olstein

Antidote for Night

Vandal Poem of the Day: Sep 16, 2016

by Marsha de la O

Dream of a Large Lady

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 16, 2017

by Carolyn Kizer

Elephants 5

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 14, 2016

by Chris Abani

Smaller Devices

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 28, 2016

by Lisa Olstein

Untitled 8

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 21, 2016

by Sherwin Bitsui

Dear Tiara

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 4, 2017

by Sean Thomas Dougherty

Oh What a Red Sweater

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 26, 2017

by Alan Michael Parker

Factory of Tears

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 3, 2016

by Valzhyna Mort

Shadowboxing Herons

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 31, 2016

by Roger Reeves

Apotheosis of Kiss

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 5, 2016

by Natalie Diaz

What Can Poetry Do

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 27, 2016

by Matthew Zapruder

Hit and Run

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 26, 2016

by Jim Daniels

The Last of the Gentlemen Heartbreakers

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 6, 2016

by Erin Belieu

Eddie's Parrot

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 27, 2017

by Michael Waters

Histories 4

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 26, 2016

by Chris Abani

I Abandoned My Plans. I Had No Plans.

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 27, 2017

by Michael Teig

Bucephalus, Charging

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 14, 2016

by James Arthur

The Widow's Yard

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 3, 2017

by Isabella Gardner

It Buds, It Bends, It Dies in the Glare

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 29, 2016

by Mark Bibbins

Curse

Vandal Poem of the Day: Nov 14, 2016

by Meg Kearney

The Day Biggie Smalls Died

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 7, 2017

by Sean Thomas Dougherty

Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 30, 2016

by Natalie Diaz

Words for Worry

Vandal Poem of the Day: Sep 30, 2016

by Li-Young Lee

Late Valentine

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 4, 2016

by Dean Young

Bonsai

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 16, 2017

by Meg Kearney

To Where

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 19, 2016

by Lisa Olstein

Fallen

Vandal Poem of the Day: Oct 11, 2016

by Laure-Anne Bosselaar

Monday Aubade

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 11, 2016

by Natalie Diaz

Cloud of Witness

Vandal Poem of the Day: Nov 15, 2016

by G.C. Waldrep

At Klipsan Beach

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 15, 2016

by James Arthur

Shoulders

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 25, 2017

by Naomi Shihab Nye

Valentine

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 28, 2016

by Laura Kasischke

Race Relations

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 31, 2017

by Carolyn Kizer

The Chiming of the Hour

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 17, 2017

by Dan Albergotti

Omnivore

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 5, 2015

by James Arthur

Nervous System (excerpt)

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 15, 2016

by Michael Dickman

Last Words

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 26, 2017

by Dorianne Laux

Data

Vandal Poem of the Day: Oct 4, 2016

by Devin Becker

Smoke Tree

Vandal Poem of the Day: Nov 30, 2016

by Richard Foerster

Shaking the Grass

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 6, 2016

by Janice N. Harrington

Birthday Poem

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 13, 2017

by Keetje Kuipers

The Unimaginable World

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 21, 2017

by Christopher Kennedy

Big Box Encounter

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 24, 2017

by Erika Meitner

Death

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 31, 2015

by Kwame Dawes

You Too, Not Just Me

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 11, 2016

by Brenda Shaughnessy

Worry

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 30, 2017

by Ellen Bass

My First Roses

Vandal Poem of the Day: Nov 24, 2016

by Ira Sadoff

Persimmons

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 20, 2017

by Li-Young Lee

Vestibule

Vandal Poem of the Day: Nov 29, 2016

by Dan Albergotti

The Cat

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 19, 2017

by Alan Michael Parker

Macaroni & Cheese

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 13, 2016

by Laura Kasischke

Venus de Milo

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 9, 2017

by Fleda Brown

The Cat

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 29, 2016

by Russell Edson

Rot

Vandal Poem of the Day: Nov 18, 2016

by Janice N. Harrington

The Geography of Detroit

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 13, 2017

by Jim Daniels

Under the Lemon Tree

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 13, 2017

by Marsha de la O

Elegy

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 1, 2017

by Aracelis Girmay

Hospital

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 19, 2016

by Valzhyna Mort

What Afterlife

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 1, 2017

by Keetje Kuipers

Cloud Watching

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 7, 2016

by Natalie Diaz

XLIX

Vandal Poem of the Day: Nov 22, 2016

by John Gallaher

Late Poem

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 6, 2017

by Craig Morgan Teicher

homage to my hips

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 4, 2017

by Lucille Clifton

Frail Bridges

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 28, 2015

by Roger Reeves

I Watch Her Eat the Apple

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 21, 2015

by Natalie Diaz

Delphiniums in a Window Box

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 17, 2016

by Dean Young

In Defense of the Semicolon

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 25, 2016

by James Arthur

In the Red Dress I Wear to Your Funeral (Section 7)

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 15, 2016

by Erin Belieu

Three Weeks from Two Days Ago

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 20, 2016

by Dean Young

Beached

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 26, 2015

by Sarah Lindsay

If You Wish to Be Removed from This List

Vandal Poem of the Day: Oct 17, 2016

by Jeanne Marie Beaumont

My Field Guide

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 2, 2015

by Erin Belieu

Elegy

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 28, 2016

by Lisa Olstein

Prayers or Oubliettes

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 5, 2016

by Natalie Diaz

They Are World Travelers

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 22, 2016

by Christopher Kennedy

Family Trip

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 10, 2016

by Brenda Shaughnessy

Samba in São Cristóvão, or Temporary Flight

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 19, 2016

by Roger Reeves

Revenant 3

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 5, 2016

by Chris Abani

Fanny Linguistics: How to Say What You Mean

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 7, 2017

by Nickole Brown

Song

Vandal Poem of the Day: Oct 24, 2016

by Brigit Pegeen Kelly

The Common Octopus

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 2, 2016

by Sarah Lindsay

Sheep Child

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 8, 2017

by Brigit Pegeen Kelly

Possum

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 20, 2017

by Marsha de la O

The Scale by Which the Mapped Concerns the Map

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 19, 2017

by Bruce Beasley

War Metaphysics for a Sudanese Girl

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 21, 2017

by Adrie Kusserow

Commencement Address

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 6, 2016

by Dean Young

The Angels of Film

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 2, 2017

by A. Poulin Jr.

Night Jar

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 15, 2016

by Michael Teig

Small Sorrows

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 23, 2017

by Deborah Brown

Drift

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 7, 2016

by Brenda Shaughnessy

My Uncanny Resemblance to a Young Sean Connery

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 7, 2016

by Rick Bursky

Against Its Own Ringing

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 8, 2015

by Roger Reeves

We Were Similar in That Way

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 1, 2016

by Rick Bursky

wishes for sons

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 12, 2017

by Lucille Clifton

There Is No You Are Everywhere

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 30, 2016

by Mark Bibbins

Ducks

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 13, 2016

by Naomi Shihab Nye

I

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 15, 2017

by John Gallaher

The Laying on of Hands

Vandal Poem of the Day: Oct 14, 2016

by Jim Daniels

what the mirror said

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 30, 2017

by Lucille Clifton

café loop

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 15, 2017

by Jillian Weise

The Fact Remains

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 2, 2017

by Christopher Kennedy

XVI

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 14, 2017

by John Gallaher

Histories 7

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 21, 2016

by Chris Abani

Green Ash, Red Maple, Black Gum

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 5, 2017

by Michael Waters

Lines in the Rain

Vandal Poem of the Day: Sep 19, 2016

by Craig Morgan Teicher

The War Was Good, Thank You

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 31, 2017

by Hugh Martin

April Inventory

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 27, 2016

by W.D. Snodgrass

The Case of the Disappearing Blondes

Vandal Poem of the Day: Sep 22, 2016

by Richard Garcia

Weather Report

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 2, 2017

by Debra Kang Dean

Her version, with interuptions

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 20, 2017

by Jennifer Kronovet

July

Vandal Poem of the Day: Nov 3, 2016

by Laura Read

The Gift

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 8, 2017

by Li-Young Lee

What Does This Mean?

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 22, 2017

by Barton Sutter

Blue Ribbon Tomato Soup

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 11, 2016

by Kerry James Evans

After Love

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 25, 2015

by Roger Reeves

why i no longer skype

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 28, 2016

by Jillian Weise

Home from Iraq, Barking Spider Tavern

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 19, 2016

by Hugh Martin

Manna

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 3, 2016

by Laura Kasischke

Dear Pistachio

Vandal Poem of the Day: Oct 18, 2016

by Sean Thomas Dougherty

The Saint-Girl's Sweetest Tortures

Vandal Poem of the Day: Nov 4, 2016

by Kathryn Nuernberger

Those Finnish Folk

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 9, 2017

by Barton Sutter

Id

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 2, 2016

by Ira Sadoff

Grandmother

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 29, 2015

by Valzhyna Mort

Dusk

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 11, 2017

by Naomi Shihab Nye

Untitled 1

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 11, 2015

by Valzhyna Mort

God and the G-Spot

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 5, 2017

by Ellen Bass

Vandals, Horses

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 24, 2017

by Alan Michael Parker

Sacrament 1

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 7, 2016

by Chris Abani

The Small Sound of Quiet Animals

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 23, 2016

by Erin Belieu

Whale Feathers

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 1, 2016

by Sarah Lindsay

Sorry, T.

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 26, 2016

by Brenda Shaughnessy

Second Estrangement

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 28, 2017

by Aracelis Girmay

For My Grandmother's Feet, Swollen Again

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 27, 2017

by Nickole Brown

Blood Ruminant

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 25, 2017

by G.C. Waldrep

What I Mean When I Say Truck Driver

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 23, 2016

by Geffrey Davis

Monopoly

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 2, 2016

by Kerry James Evans

luam cleaning house - umbertide

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 6, 2017

by Aracelis Girmay

Opal

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 17, 2016

by Dean Young

Irrevocable Ode

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 18, 2016

by Dean Young

The Thigh

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 29, 2016

by Laura Kasischke

What Do Women Want?

Vandal Poem of the Day: Sep 21, 2016

by Kim Addonizio

Stone

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 9, 2017

by Richard Foerster

It Is Tuesday

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 27, 2015

by Matthew Zapruder

Another Poem for Mothers

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 8, 2016

by Erin Belieu

semi semi dash

Vandal Poem of the Day: Sep 23, 2016

by Jillian Weise

on poetry & history - after joy harjo

Vandal Poem of the Day: Sep 27, 2016

by Aracelis Girmay

In the First Stanza,

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 2, 2017

by Carolyn Kizer

Wave Before Leaving, Wave

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 24, 2016

by Roger Reeves

Histories 8

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 20, 2016

by Chris Abani

Eating Together

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 7, 2017

by Li-Young Lee

Ode to the Little ''r"

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 12, 2017

by Aracelis Girmay

European

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 23, 2017

by Wyn Cooper

Romanticism (the Blue Keats)

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 4, 2015

by Roger Reeves

Like Something in His Handwriting

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 24, 2016

by C.D. Wright

Magnitude Aunt Lydia Does Stretching Exercises

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 25, 2016

by Sarah Lindsay

At the public pool

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 1, 2015

by Laura Kasischke

When One Is So Far from Home, Life Is a Mix of Fact and Fiction

Vandal Poem of the Day: Nov 28, 2016

by Naomi Shihab Nye

I Concede the Point, I Concede the Point, I Concede the Point

Vandal Poem of the Day: Oct 10, 2016

by Kathryn Nuernberger

All Possible Pain

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 24, 2016

by Brenda Shaughnessy

Without Warning

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 30, 2015

by Sarah Lindsay

Hail

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 19, 2017

by Debra Kang Dean

Inappropriate Dreams

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 3, 2015

by Brenda Shaughnessy

my dream about being white

Vandal Poem of the Day: Oct 20, 2016

by Lucille Clifton

The Usual Decision-Making Process

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 22, 2015

by Dean Young

Elemental

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 7, 2015

by Dean Young

Broken Dolls Day

Vandal Poem of the Day: Nov 16, 2016

by Jeanne Marie Beaumont

My Mother at Swan Lake

Vandal Poem of the Day: Nov 11, 2016

by Barton Sutter

String Theories

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 10, 2017

by Deborah Brown

Where Are You Now?

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 17, 2017

by Naomi Shihab Nye

I asked every flower

Vandal Poem of the Day: Oct 19, 2016

by Karen Volkman

We Did Not Make Ourselves (excerpt)

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 12, 2016

by Michael Dickman

The easier it is to live here

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 20, 2017

by Jennifer Kronovet

The Spring Burials

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 27, 2016

by Erin Belieu

Summer Song

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 14, 2015

by James Arthur

The Job

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 16, 2016

by Dorianne Laux

Control Group

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 6, 2016

by Lisa Olstein

The country from a distance

Vandal Poem of the Day: Nov 23, 2016

by Jennifer Kronovet

Untitled 2

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 12, 2015

by Sherwin Bitsui

At the Museum of Modern Art

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 8, 2017

by Keetje Kuipers

Fanny Linguistics: Superstition

Vandal Poem of the Day: Oct 13, 2016

by Nickole Brown

Intro to Poetry

Vandal Poem of the Day: Nov 1, 2016

by Laura Read

The Epistemology of Gentleness

Vandal Poem of the Day: Nov 9, 2016

by Geffrey Davis

We are not kissing and the river

Vandal Poem of the Day: Jan 10, 2016

by Mark Bibbins

Parking Lot

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 12, 2017

by Devin Becker

Origin

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 28, 2016

by Sarah Lindsay

The Land of Nod

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 23, 2016

by James Arthur

Invitation

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 10, 2017

by W.D. Snodgrass

Look Who Came Dressed as the Sun

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 12, 2016

by Mark Bibbins

Dear John Letter, Never Sent

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 27, 2017

by Keetje Kuipers

Emily Dickinson to the Rescue (excerpt)

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 3, 2016

by Michael Dickman

Parallel

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 26, 2016

by Brenda Shaughnessy

Another Strange Rose for the Afterlife

Vandal Poem of the Day: Apr 8, 2016

by Dean Young

Fourth of July

Vandal Poem of the Day: Sep 15, 2016

by Keetje Kuipers

mother tongue: babylon

Vandal Poem of the Day: May 20, 2017

by Lucille Clifton

Untitled 2

Vandal Poem of the Day: Feb 14, 2016

by Valzhyna Mort

Clouds Mistaken for Nearby Clouds

Vandal Poem of the Day: Dec 18, 2015

by Mark Bibbins

Knowing

Vandal Poem of the Day: Mar 29, 2017

by Isabella Gardner