Poem-a-Day
Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
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Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
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Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
228
Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
229
Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
230
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
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Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
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Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
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Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
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Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min
235
D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
236
Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min
237
Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
238
Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
239
Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
240
Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min
241
Natalie Shapero: “Hansel or Gretel”
3 min
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Michael Dumanis: “Sehnsucht”
4 min
243
Stanley Kunitz: “Passing Through”
3 min
244
Li Bai: “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” ...
4 min
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Miguel Murphy: “August”
2 min
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Jesse Nathan: “Panhandle”
3 min
247
Leonel Sánchez Lopez: “What the Birds Do”
2 min
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Saeed Jones: “Self-Portrait as Hereboy, Sethe’s...
2 min
249
Andrea Cohen: “Pastime ”
2 min
250
Gertrude Stein: “Tender Buttons [Breakfast]”
8 min