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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Rebecca Lindenberg: "The Splendid Body"
4 min
802
Ross Gay: "Throwing Children"
3 min
803
Ansel Elkins: "Someone Forgot to Whisper Your D...
4 min
804
Natalie Diaz: "Alchemy Horse"
8 min
805
Hilda Conkling: "Gift"
3 min
806
John James: "Lullaby"
4 min
807
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / w...
2 min
808
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min
809
Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
3 min
810
Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
3 min
811
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
812
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
813
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
814
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
815
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
816
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
817
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
818
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
819
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
820
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
821
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
822
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
823
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
824
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
825
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min