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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Ashley M. Jones: "Lullaby for the Grieving"
3 min
502
Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
503
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
504
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
505
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
509
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
510
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
511
Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
512
James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
513
Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
514
Tarafa: From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me i...
4 min
515
b ferguson: "Parkside & Ocean"
3 min
516
Stephen Kuusisto: From “Dark Joys”
3 min
517
Tory Adkisson: "Lost Letter"
2 min
518
Suzanne Gardinier: "Mala 50 / He broke his slin...
3 min
519
Miller Oberman: "The Centaur"
3 min
520
Joanna Klink: "A Welcome"
4 min
521
Abu Nuwas: "[O Málik! I pray thee go for the wi...
5 min
522
Donika Kelly: "When the Fact of Your Gaze Means...
3 min
523
Alessandra Lynch: "[The lamp is like a capsized...
3 min
524
Cecilia Woloch: "Prayer for 2018"
3 min
525
Divya Victor: "Make/Do"
4 min