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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Khaled Mattawa: "The Pages You Loved"
4 min
802
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
803
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
804
Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
805
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
806
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
807
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
808
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
809
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
810
Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
811
James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
812
Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
813
Tarafa: From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me i...
4 min
814
b ferguson: "Parkside & Ocean"
3 min
815
Stephen Kuusisto: From “Dark Joys”
3 min
816
Tory Adkisson: "Lost Letter"
2 min
817
Suzanne Gardinier: "Mala 50 / He broke his slin...
3 min
818
Miller Oberman: "The Centaur"
3 min
819
Joanna Klink: "A Welcome"
4 min
820
Abu Nuwas: "[O Málik! I pray thee go for the wi...
5 min
821
Donika Kelly: "When the Fact of Your Gaze Means...
3 min
822
Alessandra Lynch: "[The lamp is like a capsized...
3 min
823
Cecilia Woloch: "Prayer for 2018"
3 min
824
Divya Victor: "Make/Do"
4 min
825
Fady Joudah: "[…]"
2 min