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Poem Beginning in Berlin, Ending in Boston, and Bookended by Rilke

 

Copyright © 2026 by Tiana Clark. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on March 17, 2026, by the Academy of American Poets.

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Poem-a-Day is the original and only daily digital poetry series featuring over 250 new, previously unpublished poems by today’s talented poets each year. Danusha Laméris is the Guest Editor for March. Read or listen to a Q&A with Laméris about his curatorial process, and learn more about the 2026 Guest Editors. Support Poem-a-Day.  

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