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
852
Ansel Elkins: "Someone Forgot to Whisper Your D...
4 min
853
Natalie Diaz: "Alchemy Horse"
8 min
854
Hilda Conkling: "Gift"
3 min
855
John James: "Lullaby"
4 min
856
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / w...
2 min
857
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min
858
Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
3 min
859
Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
3 min
860
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
861
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
862
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
863
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
864
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
865
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
866
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
867
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
868
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
869
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
870
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
871
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
872
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
873
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
874
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
875
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min