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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Roger Reeves: "Prayer to the Gods of the Night,...
3 min
727
David Mura: "The Reasons"
2 min
728
Nickole Brown: "Parable"
7 min
729
Ashley M. Jones: "Lullaby for the Grieving"
3 min
730
Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
731
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
732
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
733
Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
734
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
735
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
736
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
737
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
738
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
739
Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
740
James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
741
Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
742
Tarafa: From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me i...
4 min
743
b ferguson: "Parkside & Ocean"
3 min
744
Stephen Kuusisto: From “Dark Joys”
3 min
745
Tory Adkisson: "Lost Letter"
2 min
746
Suzanne Gardinier: "Mala 50 / He broke his slin...
3 min
747
Miller Oberman: "The Centaur"
3 min
748
Joanna Klink: "A Welcome"
4 min
749
Abu Nuwas: "[O Málik! I pray thee go for the wi...
5 min
750
Donika Kelly: "When the Fact of Your Gaze Means...
3 min