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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Nickole Brown: "Parable"
7 min
527
Ashley M. Jones: "Lullaby for the Grieving"
3 min
528
Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
529
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
530
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
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Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
532
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
533
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
534
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
535
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
536
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
537
Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
538
James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
539
Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
540
Tarafa: From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me i...
4 min
541
b ferguson: "Parkside & Ocean"
3 min
542
Stephen Kuusisto: From “Dark Joys”
3 min
543
Tory Adkisson: "Lost Letter"
2 min
544
Suzanne Gardinier: "Mala 50 / He broke his slin...
3 min
545
Miller Oberman: "The Centaur"
3 min
546
Joanna Klink: "A Welcome"
4 min
547
Abu Nuwas: "[O Málik! I pray thee go for the wi...
5 min
548
Donika Kelly: "When the Fact of Your Gaze Means...
3 min
549
Alessandra Lynch: "[The lamp is like a capsized...
3 min
550
Cecilia Woloch: "Prayer for 2018"
3 min