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
377
Brandy Nālani McDougall: “returning”
3 min
378
Major Jackson: “Addiction”
2 min
379
Christopher Buckley: “Desire”
3 min
380
Mark Jarman: “The Mermaid”
2 min
381
Joy Ladin: “Forgetting”
3 min
382
Pramila Venkateswaran: “Body Language”
3 min
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Julia Kolchinsky: “Naming”
4 min
384
Tarfia Faizullah: “Wait Until It Grows Roots”
1 min
385
Naomi Shihab Nye: “In a Village in the West Bank”
4 min
386
Vievee Francis: “The Poems Repeat as Dreams as ...
2 min
387
Robin Coste Lewis: “Cavafy in Compton/Closet An...
4 min
388
Gloria Gervitz, translated by Mark Schafer: Fro...
6 min
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Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
390
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
391
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
392
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
393
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
394
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
395
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
396
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
397
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
398
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
399
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
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Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min