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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Roger Reeves: "Prayer to the Gods of the Night,...
3 min
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David Mura: "The Reasons"
2 min
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Nickole Brown: "Parable"
7 min
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Ashley M. Jones: "Lullaby for the Grieving"
3 min
430
Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
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Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
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Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
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Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
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Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
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Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
437
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
438
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
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Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
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James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
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Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
442
Tarafa: From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me i...
4 min
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b ferguson: "Parkside & Ocean"
3 min
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Stephen Kuusisto: From “Dark Joys”
3 min
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Tory Adkisson: "Lost Letter"
2 min
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Suzanne Gardinier: "Mala 50 / He broke his slin...
3 min
447
Miller Oberman: "The Centaur"
3 min
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Joanna Klink: "A Welcome"
4 min
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Abu Nuwas: "[O Málik! I pray thee go for the wi...
5 min
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Donika Kelly: "When the Fact of Your Gaze Means...
3 min