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.
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David Mura: "The Reasons"
2 min
577
Nickole Brown: "Parable"
7 min
578
Ashley M. Jones: "Lullaby for the Grieving"
3 min
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Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
580
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
581
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
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Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
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Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
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Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
586
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
587
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
588
Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
589
James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
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Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
591
Tarafa: From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me i...
4 min
592
b ferguson: "Parkside & Ocean"
3 min
593
Stephen Kuusisto: From “Dark Joys”
3 min
594
Tory Adkisson: "Lost Letter"
2 min
595
Suzanne Gardinier: "Mala 50 / He broke his slin...
3 min
596
Miller Oberman: "The Centaur"
3 min
597
Joanna Klink: "A Welcome"
4 min
598
Abu Nuwas: "[O Málik! I pray thee go for the wi...
5 min
599
Donika Kelly: "When the Fact of Your Gaze Means...
3 min
600
Alessandra Lynch: "[The lamp is like a capsized...
3 min