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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Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
527
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
528
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
529
Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
530
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
531
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
532
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
533
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
534
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
535
Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
536
James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
537
Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
538
Tarafa: From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me i...
4 min
539
b ferguson: "Parkside & Ocean"
3 min
540
Stephen Kuusisto: From “Dark Joys”
3 min
541
Tory Adkisson: "Lost Letter"
2 min
542
Suzanne Gardinier: "Mala 50 / He broke his slin...
3 min
543
Miller Oberman: "The Centaur"
3 min
544
Joanna Klink: "A Welcome"
4 min
545
Abu Nuwas: "[O Málik! I pray thee go for the wi...
5 min
546
Donika Kelly: "When the Fact of Your Gaze Means...
3 min
547
Alessandra Lynch: "[The lamp is like a capsized...
3 min
548
Cecilia Woloch: "Prayer for 2018"
3 min
549
Divya Victor: "Make/Do"
4 min
550
Fady Joudah: "[…]"
2 min