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
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Nickole Brown: "Parable"
7 min
753
Ashley M. Jones: "Lullaby for the Grieving"
3 min
754
Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
755
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
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Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
757
Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
758
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
759
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
760
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
761
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
762
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
763
Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
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James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
765
Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
766
Tarafa: From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me i...
4 min
767
b ferguson: "Parkside & Ocean"
3 min
768
Stephen Kuusisto: From “Dark Joys”
3 min
769
Tory Adkisson: "Lost Letter"
2 min
770
Suzanne Gardinier: "Mala 50 / He broke his slin...
3 min
771
Miller Oberman: "The Centaur"
3 min
772
Joanna Klink: "A Welcome"
4 min
773
Abu Nuwas: "[O Málik! I pray thee go for the wi...
5 min
774
Donika Kelly: "When the Fact of Your Gaze Means...
3 min
775
Alessandra Lynch: "[The lamp is like a capsized...
3 min