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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Maxwell Bodenheim: "Old Age"
3 min
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Anne Carson: "Short Talk on Pain"
2 min
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Lauren Russell: "Exposition"
4 min
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Gabrielle Civil: "Three of Cups"
4 min
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Hannah Ensor: "Agnes, a sleep"
4 min
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Jennifer Scappettone: "Syrinx Spring"
4 min
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Beatrice Ravenel: "The Humming-Bird"
4 min
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Edgar Lee Masters: "Theodore the Poet"
3 min
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Douglas Kearney: "Minotaur"
2 min
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Carlos Soto-Román: "The Tell-Tale Heart"
2 min
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Serena Chopra: "Garden Variety with Lesbians"
7 min
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Shivram Gopinath: "Pottu / Dot"
3 min
513
Robin Silbergleid: "Ode to Donor Gametes"
3 min
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Gwendolyn Bennett: "Moon Tonight"
3 min
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Charles Reznikoff: "Rhythms (Section I)"
3 min
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Andrea Abi Karam: "Standing Dead"
2 min
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Snigdha Koirala: "Fragments on Naturalization"
2 min
518
Lindsey Boldt: "A Bartable Enya Afternoon"
3 min
519
Tanya Lukin Linklater: "Ewako"
3 min
520
Mrigaa Sethi: "Names for Hunger"
3 min
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Genevieve Taggard: "Skull Song"
4 min
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Conrad Aiken: "Senlin: A Biography (Part I, Sec...
6 min
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Ariel Resnikoff: "ghost canto"
5 min
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Pattie McCarthy: from "outgoing tide—"
3 min
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Michael Leong: "For My Cats Gaspara & Alfonsina"
2 min