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