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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Nickole Brown: "Parable"
7 min
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Ashley M. Jones: "Lullaby for the Grieving"
3 min
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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
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Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
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L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
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Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
513
James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
514
Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
515
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
518
Tory Adkisson: "Lost Letter"
2 min
519
Suzanne Gardinier: "Mala 50 / He broke his slin...
3 min
520
Miller Oberman: "The Centaur"
3 min
521
Joanna Klink: "A Welcome"
4 min
522
Abu Nuwas: "[O Málik! I pray thee go for the wi...
5 min
523
Donika Kelly: "When the Fact of Your Gaze Means...
3 min
524
Alessandra Lynch: "[The lamp is like a capsized...
3 min
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Cecilia Woloch: "Prayer for 2018"
3 min