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“I knew I was a god / when you could not / agree on my name // & still, none you spoke / could force me to listen / closer.” In this video, Meg Day reads “Portrait of My Gender as [Inaudible]” as part of Dear Poet, the Academy of American Poets’ educational project for National Poetry Month.
Tags: Poetry | Meg Day | Dear Poet | Academy of American Poets | reading | Deaf | ASL | National Poetry Month | 2025
![Dear Poet 2025: Meg Day Reads "Portrait of My Gender as [Inaudible]"](https://www.pw.org/files/styles/video_thumb_medium/public/media-oembed/i.ytimg.com/vi/dFRFpJ5enBA/hqdefault.jpg?itok=5f2Nfd01)