Today's poem is
"Morning Poem"
from Court Green
Matthew Burgess
teaches creative writing and composition at Brooklyn College. He has been a poet-in-residence in New York City elementary schools since 2001, and recently he received an award from the Fund for Poetry. His first full-length collection, Slippers for Elsewhere, is forthcoming from Upset Press.
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