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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Yusef Komunyakaa: “Frida’s Earth Mother”
4 min
302
Brandy Nālani McDougall: “returning”
3 min
303
Major Jackson: “Addiction”
2 min
304
Christopher Buckley: “Desire”
3 min
305
Mark Jarman: “The Mermaid”
2 min
306
Joy Ladin: “Forgetting”
3 min
307
Pramila Venkateswaran: “Body Language”
3 min
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Julia Kolchinsky: “Naming”
4 min
309
Tarfia Faizullah: “Wait Until It Grows Roots”
1 min
310
Naomi Shihab Nye: “In a Village in the West Bank”
4 min
311
Vievee Francis: “The Poems Repeat as Dreams as ...
2 min
312
Robin Coste Lewis: “Cavafy in Compton/Closet An...
4 min
313
Gloria Gervitz, translated by Mark Schafer: Fro...
6 min
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Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
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Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
316
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
317
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
318
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
319
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
320
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
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Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
322
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
323
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
324
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
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Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min