Recorded by Jzl Jmz for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 14, 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.poets.org

Jzl Jmz: “Drenched in Reflection”

Poet of the Week, July 14–20, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/emma-sheinbaum

Emma Sheinbaum, "I grow attached to double meanings"

Chad Frame is the author of Little Black Book, nominated for the Lambda Literary Award, Cryptid, and Smoking Shelter, winner of the Moonstone Chapbook Contest. He is the Director of the Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program, a Poet Laureate Emeritus of Montgomery County, a founding member of the No River Twice poetry/improv performance troupe, and the founder of the Caesura Poetry Festival. His work appears in Rattle, Strange Horizons, Pedestal, Barrelhouse, Rust+Moth, on iTunes from the Library of Congress, and is archived on the moon with The Lunar Codex.

Find his most recent book here:
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This Week’s Prompt:
Write a poem in which something is tasted on vacation that never should have been. Include a declarative statement.

Next Prompt (for July 27th):
Write a poem with a specific type of poetic structure, either from the book Structure & Surprise: Engaging Poetic Turns by Michael Theune or the book’s website (https://structureandsurprise.com/). 

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ep. 301 - Chad Frame

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Woanders

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Claire

Я спросил...

أَرَى أَهْلَ لَيْلَى أَوْرَثُوْنِيْ صَبَابَةً
وَمَا لِيْ سِوَى لَيْلَى الْغَدَاةَ طَبِيْبُ
فَإِنْ يَمْنَعُوْا عَيْنَيَّ مِنْهَا فَمَنْ لَهُمْ
بِقَلْبٍ لَهُ بَيْنَ الضُّلُوْعِ وَجِيْبُ

إِذَا مَا رَأَوْنِيْ أَظْهَرُوْا لِيْ مَوَدَّةً
وَمِثْلُ سُيُوْفِ الْهِنْدِ حِيْنَ أَغِيْبُ
إِنْ كَانَ يَا لَيْلَى اِشْتِيَاقِيْ إِلَيْكُمُ
ضَلَالًا وَفِيْ بُرْئِيْ لِأَهْلِكِ حُوْبُ

أَرَى أَهْلَ لَيْلَى أَوْرَثُوْنِيْ صَبَابَةً
وَمَا لِيْ سِوَى لَيْلَى الْغَدَاةَ طَبِيْبُ
فَإِنْ يَمْنَعُوْا عَيْنَيَّ مِنْهَا فَمَنْ لَهُمْ
بِقَلْبٍ لَهُ بَيْنَ الضُّلُوْعِ وَجِيْبُ

فَمَا تُبْتُ مِنْ ذَنْبٍ إِذَا تُبْتُ مِنْكُمُ
وَمَا النَّاسُ إِلَّا مُخْطِئٌ وَمُصِيْبُ
بِنَفْسِيْ وَأَهْلِيْ مَنْ إِذَا عَرَضُوْا لَهُ
بِبَعْضِ الْأَذَى لَمْ يَدْرِ كَيْفَ يُجِيْبُ

أَرَى أَهْلَ لَيْلَى أَوْرَثُوْنِيْ صَبَابَةً
وَمَا لِيْ سِوَى لَيْلَى الْغَدَاةَ طَبِيْبُ
فَإِنْ يَمْنَعُوْا عَيْنَيَّ مِنْهَا فَمَنْ لَهُمْ
بِقَلْبٍ لَهُ بَيْنَ الضُّلُوْعِ وَجِيْبُ

وَلَمْ يَعْتَذِرْ عُذْرَ الْبَرِيْءِ وَلَمْ يَزَلْ
بِهِ سَكَنَةٌ حَتَّى يُقَالَ مُرِيْبُ
فَلَا النَّفْسُ يُسَلِّيْهَا الْبُعَادُ فَتَنْثَنِيْ
وَلَا هِيَ عَمَّا لَا تَنَالُ تَطِيْبُ

وَكَمْ زَفْرَةٍ لِيْ لَوْ عَلَى الْبَحْرِ أَشْرَقَتْ
لَأَنْشَفَهُ حَرٌّ لَهَا وَلَهِيْبُ
وَلَوْ أَنَّ مَا بِيْ بِالْحَصَى فُلِقَ الْحَصَى
وَبِالرِّيْحِ لَمْ يُسْمَعْ لَهُنَّ هُبُوْبُ

أَرَى أَهْلَ لَيْلَى أَوْرَثُوْنِيْ صَبَابَةً
وَمَا لِيْ سِوَى لَيْلَى الْغَدَاةَ طَبِيْبُ
فَإِنْ يَمْنَعُوْا عَيْنَيَّ مِنْهَا فَمَنْ لَهُمْ
بِقَلْبٍ لَهُ بَيْنَ الضُّلُوْعِ وَجِيْبُ

بِقَلْبٍ لَهُ بَيْنَ الضُّلُوْعِ وَجِيْبُ

أَرَى أَهْلَ لَيْلَى أَوْرَثُوْنِيْ صَبَابَةً | قيس بن الملوح

Wrote this a few years ago.  At the time, discussion of the Rwandan genocide was illegal in Rwanda.  They called it “the thing”.  This poem describes the first 24-hours of the genocide, which lasted four months. The Hutu militia, known as the Interahamwe, murdered about a million Tutsis and moderate Hutus.

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True Rhyme sayer, Freestyler, Poet, Soul speaker, a Lover, an Enemy, a Brother, a Fighter,..a Friend.............Pale1

Anarchist poet, based in the UK.  A big fan of the truth.

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Raid Naim
Nomad lyricist and techologist. Very obsessed with reviving classic poetry and using music as a time machine where distant epochs intertwine.

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