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
802
Nickole Brown: "Parable"
7 min
803
Ashley M. Jones: "Lullaby for the Grieving"
3 min
804
Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
805
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
806
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
807
Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
808
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
809
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
810
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
811
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
812
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
813
Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
814
James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
815
Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
816
Tarafa: From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me i...
4 min
817
b ferguson: "Parkside & Ocean"
3 min
818
Stephen Kuusisto: From “Dark Joys”
3 min
819
Tory Adkisson: "Lost Letter"
2 min
820
Suzanne Gardinier: "Mala 50 / He broke his slin...
3 min
821
Miller Oberman: "The Centaur"
3 min
822
Joanna Klink: "A Welcome"
4 min
823
Abu Nuwas: "[O Málik! I pray thee go for the wi...
5 min
824
Donika Kelly: "When the Fact of Your Gaze Means...
3 min
825
Alessandra Lynch: "[The lamp is like a capsized...
3 min