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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Mary Jo Bang: “Madonna Overview”
3 min
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L. Lamar Wilson: “Lauren Oya Olamina Explains E...
4 min
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Philip Levine: “Breath”
4 min
454
Else Lasker-Schüler: “Sphinx”
2 min
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Jeffrey Pethybridge: “Note on Method”
5 min
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Adrian Matejka: “16 Bars Poetica”
2 min
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Kiki Petrosino: From “De Jure Sanguinis”
2 min
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Fiona Templeton: “Why Say That”
3 min
459
Elisa Gabbert: “The Bridge”
2 min
460
Rainer Maria Rilke: “Put Out My Eyes”
2 min
461
Charles Baudelaire: “Obsession”
3 min
462
CM Burroughs: “One Way To Resurrect An Ancestor”
2 min
463
Christian Campbell: “My Grandmother’s Love Lett...
3 min
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Kyla Marshell: “Somewhere Swimming”
2 min
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Tommye Blount: “Karl Lagerfeld’s line of beauty”
4 min
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Jzl Jmz: “Drenched in Reflection”
2 min
467
Adrienne Rich: “This Evening Let’s”
4 min
468
Pierre Dupont: “A Serenade”
2 min
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Abe Louise Young: “Who”
2 min
470
Douglas Kearney: “There’s no ‘sass’ in “dissoci...
2 min
471
Chet’la Sebree: “An End”
3 min
472
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram: “Black Pastoral”
3 min
473
Antoinette Brim-Bell: “Insomniac Tankas”
2 min
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Djuna Barnes: “I’d Have You Think of Me”
3 min
475
Victor Hugo: “Truth”
7 min