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 Thea Matthews. 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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Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min
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Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
278
Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
279
Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min
280
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
281
Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
282
Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
283
J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
284
Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
285
Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
286
Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
287
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
288
Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min
289
Evie Shockley: "job prescription"
2 min
290
Hyejung Kook: "Dead Reckoning"
2 min
291
Idra Novey: "Value City"
4 min
292
Helene Achanzar: "The only poem I can write"
2 min
293
Miguel Teurbe Tolón: "Last Song of the Exile"
3 min
294
Luis Lloréns Torres: "Bolivar"
3 min
295
Joseph O. Legaspi: "Raspberries"
4 min
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Cornelius Eady: "Bullpen"
2 min
297
Pavneet Singh: "Letter 6"
2 min
298
Jake Ricafrente: "Makati Cousin"
4 min
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Katy Lederer: "Lithopedion"
2 min
300
Rubén Darío: "Nightfall in the Tropics"
3 min