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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William Faulkner: "[The ringèd moon sits eerily]"
4 min
527
RK Fauth: "Playing with Bees"
3 min
528
Kevin Young: "Ledge"
3 min
529
Rebecca Lindenberg: "The Splendid Body"
4 min
530
Ross Gay: "Throwing Children"
3 min
531
Ansel Elkins: "Someone Forgot to Whisper Your D...
4 min
532
Natalie Diaz: "Alchemy Horse"
8 min
533
Hilda Conkling: "Gift"
3 min
534
John James: "Lullaby"
4 min
535
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / w...
2 min
536
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min
537
Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
3 min
538
Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
3 min
539
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
540
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
541
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
542
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
543
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
544
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
545
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
546
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
547
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
548
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
549
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
550
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min