Resolution by Lia Purpura

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend August 8, 2016   Resolution   Lia Purpura

There’s the thing I shouldn’t do and yet, and now I have the rest of the day to make up for, not undo, that can’t be done but next time, think more calmly, breathe, say here’s a new morning, morning, morning, (though why would that work, it isn’t even hidden, hear it in there, more, more, more?)            Copyright © 2016 Lia Purpura. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   “The way whole words and sounds nest in other words and sounds kept the surprises coming. By just recognizing kinned sounds, the poem spoke itself into being in a way that felt independent of my making.” —Lia Purpura   Lia Purpura is the author of It Shouldn’t Have Been Beautiful (Penguin Books, 2015). She teaches at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and lives in Baltimore. Poetry by Purpura   It Shouldn’t Have Been Beautiful (Penguin Books, 2015) "The Ants" by Matthew Rohrer "Stone" by Charles Simic "Forecast" by Camille Rankine Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038