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.
551
Yusef Komunyakaa: “Frida’s Earth Mother”
4 min
552
Brandy Nālani McDougall: “returning”
3 min
553
Major Jackson: “Addiction”
2 min
554
Christopher Buckley: “Desire”
3 min
555
Mark Jarman: “The Mermaid”
2 min
556
Joy Ladin: “Forgetting”
3 min
557
Pramila Venkateswaran: “Body Language”
3 min
558
Julia Kolchinsky: “Naming”
4 min
559
Tarfia Faizullah: “Wait Until It Grows Roots”
1 min
560
Naomi Shihab Nye: “In a Village in the West Bank”
4 min
561
Vievee Francis: “The Poems Repeat as Dreams as ...
2 min
562
Robin Coste Lewis: “Cavafy in Compton/Closet An...
4 min
563
Gloria Gervitz, translated by Mark Schafer: Fro...
6 min
564
Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
565
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
566
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
567
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
568
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
569
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
570
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
571
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
572
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
573
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
574
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
575
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min