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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Brandy Nālani McDougall: “returning”
3 min
502
Major Jackson: “Addiction”
2 min
503
Christopher Buckley: “Desire”
3 min
504
Mark Jarman: “The Mermaid”
2 min
505
Joy Ladin: “Forgetting”
3 min
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Pramila Venkateswaran: “Body Language”
3 min
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Julia Kolchinsky: “Naming”
4 min
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Tarfia Faizullah: “Wait Until It Grows Roots”
1 min
509
Naomi Shihab Nye: “In a Village in the West Bank”
4 min
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Vievee Francis: “The Poems Repeat as Dreams as ...
2 min
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Robin Coste Lewis: “Cavafy in Compton/Closet An...
4 min
512
Gloria Gervitz, translated by Mark Schafer: Fro...
6 min
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Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
514
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
515
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
516
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
517
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
518
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
519
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
520
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
521
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
522
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
523
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
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Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
525
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min