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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Ross Gay: "Throwing Children"
3 min
752
Ansel Elkins: "Someone Forgot to Whisper Your D...
4 min
753
Natalie Diaz: "Alchemy Horse"
8 min
754
Hilda Conkling: "Gift"
3 min
755
John James: "Lullaby"
4 min
756
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / w...
2 min
757
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min
758
Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
3 min
759
Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
3 min
760
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
761
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
762
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
763
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
764
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
765
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
766
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
767
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
768
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
769
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
770
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
771
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
772
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
773
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
774
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
775
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min