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.
51
Mary Jo Bang: “Madonna Overview”
3 min
52
L. Lamar Wilson: “Lauren Oya Olamina Explains E...
4 min
53
Philip Levine: “Breath”
4 min
54
Else Lasker-Schüler: “Sphinx”
2 min
55
Jeffrey Pethybridge: “Note on Method”
5 min
56
Adrian Matejka: “16 Bars Poetica”
2 min
57
Kiki Petrosino: From “De Jure Sanguinis”
2 min
58
Fiona Templeton: “Why Say That”
3 min
59
Elisa Gabbert: “The Bridge”
2 min
60
Rainer Maria Rilke: “Put Out My Eyes”
2 min
61
Charles Baudelaire: “Obsession”
3 min
62
CM Burroughs: “One Way To Resurrect An Ancestor”
2 min
63
Christian Campbell: “My Grandmother’s Love Lett...
3 min
64
Kyla Marshell: “Somewhere Swimming”
2 min
65
Tommye Blount: “Karl Lagerfeld’s line of beauty”
4 min
66
Jzl Jmz: “Drenched in Reflection”
2 min
67
Adrienne Rich: “This Evening Let’s”
4 min
68
Pierre Dupont: “A Serenade”
2 min
69
Abe Louise Young: “Who”
2 min
70
Douglas Kearney: “There’s no ‘sass’ in “dissoci...
2 min
71
Chet’la Sebree: “An End”
3 min
72
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram: “Black Pastoral”
3 min
73
Antoinette Brim-Bell: “Insomniac Tankas”
2 min
74
Djuna Barnes: “I’d Have You Think of Me”
3 min
75
Victor Hugo: “Truth”
7 min