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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Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
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Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
253
Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
254
Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
255
Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
256
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
257
Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
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Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
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Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
260
Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min
261
D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
262
Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min
263
Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
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Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
265
Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
266
Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min
267
Natalie Shapero: “Hansel or Gretel”
3 min
268
Michael Dumanis: “Sehnsucht”
4 min
269
Stanley Kunitz: “Passing Through”
3 min
270
Li Bai: “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” ...
4 min
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Miguel Murphy: “August”
2 min
272
Jesse Nathan: “Panhandle”
3 min
273
Leonel Sánchez Lopez: “What the Birds Do”
2 min
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Saeed Jones: “Self-Portrait as Hereboy, Sethe’s...
2 min
275
Andrea Cohen: “Pastime ”
2 min