In recognition of National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world, the Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) has put together a "Poem of the Day" project highlighting a new poet every day on our Twitter page.
Our intentions with this project are to share a new poet and poem every day, spotlighting CU Boulder faculty, students, and alumni and their work as frequently as possible. We aim create connections with the Boulder community and beyond through poetry.
Below, you can find an archive of the poems shared each day in April 2021.
Poem a Day Archive, 2021
April 1st: "April" by Emily Dickinson (read by Dani Urbina, CHA Student Assistant)
April 2nd: "Like a Dish Rag Soaked in Bleach" by Matthew Olzmann (via The Rumpus)
*April 3rd: "Daylight Abstracts" by Julie Carr (via the Colorado Poets Center)
***April 4th: "Traversence" by Phuong Thao Vuong (via the American Poetry Review)
April 5th: "Letter to America" by Alexandra Teague (via Terrain.org)
April 6th: "Aubade with Burning City" by Ocean Vuong (via the Poetry Foundation)
April 7th: "An American Sunrise" by Joy Harjo (via the Poetry Foundation)
**April 8th: "SWELL / SWOLLEN" by Kristina Ten (via the Jellyfish Review)
*April 9th: "If gold, your figure as mirror on the ground is" by Khadijah Queen (via the Poetry Foundation)
April 10th & 11th: "Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude" by Ross Gay (via the Poetry Foundation)
April 12th: "November for Beginners" by Rita Dove (via the Poetry Foundation)
April 13th: "History" by Linda Hogan (via poets.org)
April 14th: "One Vote" by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (via poets.org)
April 15th: "Self-Portrait as So Much Potential" by Chen Chen (via the Poetry Foundation)
*April 16th: "Skit: Sun Ra Welcomes the Fallen" by Ruth Ellen Kocher (via poets.org)
*April 17th & 18th: "Penalty Map" by Jessica Lawson (via Pulpmouth.net)
April 19th: "American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin [Even the most kindhearted white woman]" by Terrance Hayes (via poets.org)
April 20th: "History" by Camille Rankine (via the Poetry Foundation)
April 21st: "It Was the Animals" by Natalie Diaz (via poets.org)
April 22nd: "I Don't Know What Will Kill Us First: The Race War or What We've Done to the Earth" by Fatimah Asghar (via poets.org)
April 23rd: "Happy Ideas" by Mary Szybist (Read by *Erika Randall, Associate Professor and Chair of CU Boulder Theatre & Dance)
April 24th & 25th: "They Come" by Cathy Park Hong (via the Poetry Foundation)
April 26th: "Let Me Begin Again" by Major Jackson (via poets.org)
*April 27th: "Vesuvius" by Noah Eli Gordon (via poets.org)
***April 28th: "Your Internet connection is unstable" by Elana Lev Freidman (via BREAKWATER REVIEW)
April 29th: "Elemental haiku" by Mary Soon Lee (via ScienceMag.org)
* The asterisk designates CU Boulder faculty or instructors.
**The double asterisk designates CU Boulder student.
***The triple asterisk designates CU Boulder alumni.