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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Mark Jarman: “The Mermaid”
2 min
252
Joy Ladin: “Forgetting”
3 min
253
Pramila Venkateswaran: “Body Language”
3 min
254
Julia Kolchinsky: “Naming”
4 min
255
Tarfia Faizullah: “Wait Until It Grows Roots”
1 min
256
Naomi Shihab Nye: “In a Village in the West Bank”
4 min
257
Vievee Francis: “The Poems Repeat as Dreams as ...
2 min
258
Robin Coste Lewis: “Cavafy in Compton/Closet An...
4 min
259
Gloria Gervitz, translated by Mark Schafer: Fro...
6 min
260
Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
261
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
262
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
263
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
264
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
265
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
266
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
267
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
268
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
269
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
270
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
271
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
272
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
273
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
274
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
275
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min