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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Robert Hass: "The Creek in Shirley Canyon"
3 min
502
Catherine Bowman: "Pears"
3 min
503
James Hannaham: " Apophasis Now"
1 min
504
Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min
505
Hisham Bustani: "An inauspicious day from the g...
8 min
506
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "The Smile of Innocence"
4 min
507
Richard Butler Glaenzer: "Star-Magic"
2 min
508
Mark Halliday: "Hoops with Nets"
3 min
509
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello: "The Houseguest"
3 min
510
Ashley M. Jones: "HOLYHEADHARRIET"
4 min
511
Megan Fernandes: "On the One Hand"
2 min
512
Kevin Young: "Mantle"
2 min
513
William Rose Benét: "The City"
5 min
514
Arna Bontemps: "My Heart Has Known Its Winter"
2 min
515
Peter Balakian: "Day of the Dead"
3 min
516
Kerry Hardie: "Acceptance"
2 min
517
Robert Wrigley: "Centaur over Tomer Butte"
3 min
518
Tom Healy: "Sonnet for the Chickens"
2 min
519
Emma Trelles: "Dear Sister"
4 min
520
Harriet Monroe: "With a Copy of Shelley"
3 min
521
Amos Wilder: "Winter Night"
3 min
522
Laurel Nakanishi: "Sleepless Pantoum"
2 min
523
Dylan Brennan: From “A First Glimpse of Ireland”
3 min
524
Carlie Hoffman: "After Morlot Avenue"
6 min
525
P. Scott Cunningham: "Florida Snow"
2 min