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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Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
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Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
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Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
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Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
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Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
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Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
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Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min
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D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min
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Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
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Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
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Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
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Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min
39
Natalie Shapero: “Hansel or Gretel”
3 min
40
Michael Dumanis: “Sehnsucht”
4 min
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Stanley Kunitz: “Passing Through”
3 min
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Li Bai: “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” ...
4 min
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Miguel Murphy: “August”
2 min
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Jesse Nathan: “Panhandle”
3 min
45
Leonel Sánchez Lopez: “What the Birds Do”
2 min
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Saeed Jones: “Self-Portrait as Hereboy, Sethe’s...
2 min
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Andrea Cohen: “Pastime ”
2 min
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Gertrude Stein: “Tender Buttons [Breakfast]”
8 min
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Vachel Lindsay: “Meeting Ourselves”
3 min
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Taylor Byas: “I begin the day thinking”
2 min