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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Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
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Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
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Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
54
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
55
Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
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Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
57
Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
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Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min
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D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
60
Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min
61
Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
62
Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
63
Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
64
Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min
65
Natalie Shapero: “Hansel or Gretel”
3 min
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Michael Dumanis: “Sehnsucht”
4 min
67
Stanley Kunitz: “Passing Through”
3 min
68
Li Bai: “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” ...
4 min
69
Miguel Murphy: “August”
2 min
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Jesse Nathan: “Panhandle”
3 min
71
Leonel Sánchez Lopez: “What the Birds Do”
2 min
72
Saeed Jones: “Self-Portrait as Hereboy, Sethe’s...
2 min
73
Andrea Cohen: “Pastime ”
2 min
74
Gertrude Stein: “Tender Buttons [Breakfast]”
8 min
75
Vachel Lindsay: “Meeting Ourselves”
3 min