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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Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
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Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
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Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
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Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
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Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
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J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
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Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
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Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
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Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
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Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min
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Evie Shockley: "job prescription"
2 min
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Hyejung Kook: "Dead Reckoning"
2 min
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Idra Novey: "Value City"
4 min
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Helene Achanzar: "The only poem I can write"
2 min
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Miguel Teurbe Tolón: "Last Song of the Exile"
3 min
518
Luis Lloréns Torres: "Bolivar"
3 min
519
Joseph O. Legaspi: "Raspberries"
4 min
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Cornelius Eady: "Bullpen"
2 min
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Pavneet Singh: "Letter 6"
2 min
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Jake Ricafrente: "Makati Cousin"
4 min
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Katy Lederer: "Lithopedion"
2 min
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Rubén Darío: "Nightfall in the Tropics"
3 min
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Salomón de la Selva: "A Song for Wall Street"
3 min