This April marks the 30th iteration of National Poetry Month , which was launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996. To celebrate, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending one great poem to read every (work) day of the month. We make no claim (except when we do) that these poems are the “best” poems in any category; they are simply poems we love. The only other thing they all have in common is that they are available to read for free online, so you can enjoy them along with us. The internet is still good for some things, after all. Today we recommend: Dean Young’s “Unstable Particles” Dean Young was one of our great death poets—or perhaps it’s better to say he was one of our great impermanence poets. He lived with a degenerative heart condition for many years, and in 2011 he underwent a heart transplant that saved his life. In 2022, he died from complications from COVID.…