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Poem-a-Day Collection II

by Knopf

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Enjoy poems from some of today’s most distinguished poets, brought to you by Knopf.

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Publishers and booksellers have traditionally set aside April as the official month to focus attention on poetry and its contribution to our culture. For the past 13 years, Knopf has sent out a free poem from one of its distinguished poets each day during the month of April in celebration of poetry month. This Poem-a-Day Collection features all the poems from Knopf’s 2010 Poem-a-Day program. Enjoy the collection, and also take a minute to visit their site to learn more about these poems and to sign up for this year’s poem-a-day email. Find them at www.knopfpoetry.com.

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Compilation copyright 2010 by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

No part of this collection may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.


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Knopf was founded in 1915 by Alfred A. Knopf and is one of America's foremost book publishers—known for the quality of its authors, for the high level of its book design and production, and for the success of its books in the marketplace. Throughout its history, Knopf has been dedicated to publishing distinguished works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. 24 Knopf authors have been honored with the Nobel Prize; 32 have won the National Book Award; 58 have received the Pulitzer Prize; 37 have won the National Book Critics Circle Award; and countless others have won awards of a more specific nature.

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like a married couple who can’t get along.
and sinister, and my right, which is righteous.
and voted against myself, a two-party system.
my right cleaved to the straight and narrow.
my right stood upright as a Roman soldier.
of brown, well, Dionysus, meet Apollo.
while Adam puts his right foot ...

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Copyright

Compilation copyright 2010 by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc.

All Rights Reserved.

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