Every April, Knopf celebrates National Poetry Month by sending a poem every day throughout the month. Sign up here for Poem-a-Day.
And to whet your appetite for Poem-a-Day, a poem by Franz Wright:
Clearlake Oaks (II)
The hawk rises
into the sun;
the lizard goes testing the dust
with its tongue—
stationary
hour, above
the windless
blond and shadow of the hill.
And I am
here to say this,
my mysterious
privilege and joy.