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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Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min
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Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
678
Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
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Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min
680
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
681
Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
682
Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
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J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
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Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
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Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
686
Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
688
Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min
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Evie Shockley: "job prescription"
2 min
690
Hyejung Kook: "Dead Reckoning"
2 min
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Idra Novey: "Value City"
4 min
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Helene Achanzar: "The only poem I can write"
2 min
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Miguel Teurbe Tolón: "Last Song of the Exile"
3 min
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Luis Lloréns Torres: "Bolivar"
3 min
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Joseph O. Legaspi: "Raspberries"
4 min
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Cornelius Eady: "Bullpen"
2 min
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Pavneet Singh: "Letter 6"
2 min
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Jake Ricafrente: "Makati Cousin"
4 min
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Katy Lederer: "Lithopedion"
2 min
700
Rubén Darío: "Nightfall in the Tropics"
3 min