Poem-a-Day

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Poem-a-day

^{translated from the Ojibwe by the author}

At the threshold
of melancholy
is a voice barely heard

a light wrapped in fog
and a piece of steel
longing for flint.

Strike it.

Gashkikanokaaning
apii gashkenindaman
agaawaa bapoweyan

waateg gashkaabateg
manidoo-biiwaabik
misawenimaad biiwaanan.

Zisikinebidoon.

Title	Author	Date
from Canti	Giacomo Leopardi	11/05/2010
Enough	Jeffrey Harrison	11/04/2010
The Undertow	Sasha Steensen	11/03/2010
from People Close To You	Crystal Williams	11/02/2010
On the Platform	Tom Sleigh	11/01/2010
Theme in Yellow	Carl Sandburg	10/31/2010
The Dead	Mina Loy	10/30/2010
The Dead Girls Speak in Unison	Danielle Pafunda	10/29/2010
Ants	Ravi Shankar	10/28/2010
Tanka Diary [Don't need picket fences, brick wall]	Harryette Mullen	10/27/2010