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An Erasure of Senate Bill 111

Copyright © 2026 by Moncho Alvarado. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on June 16, 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Poem-a-Day is the original and only daily digital poetry series featuring over 250 new, previously unpublished poems by today’s talented poets each year. Sam Sax is the Guest Editor for June. Read or listen to a Q&A with Sax about their curatorial process, and learn more about the 2026 Guest Editors. Support Poem-a-Day.  

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One Sweet Braid Down She Back Cheryl Boyce-Taylor 10/03/2018
Out of the Woods Krista Franklin 10/02/2018
Unmarked Tim Seibles 10/01/2018

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