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
902
Ellen Hinsey: "Epistle"
3 min
903
Susan Tichy: "Public Speech"
3 min
904
Martín Espada: "Breve Pausa"
3 min
905
Aaron Tyler Hand: "Self-Portrait as Combination...
3 min
906
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The Park"
4 min
907
Monica Youn: "Four Freedoms Park"
5 min
908
Adrian Matejka: "17 Kinds of Hungry"
2 min
909
L. Lamar Wilson: From “Take Me Back, Burden Hill”
7 min
910
Virginia Konchan: "Black Hole"
4 min
911
James Fujinami Moore: "Diagnostic Quiz for Huma...
3 min
912
Colin Pope: "Lightning Bug"
3 min
913
Tarafa: From “Muʻallaqāt” [Canst thou make me i...
4 min
914
b ferguson: "Parkside & Ocean"
3 min
915
Stephen Kuusisto: From “Dark Joys”
3 min
916
Tory Adkisson: "Lost Letter"
2 min
917
Suzanne Gardinier: "Mala 50 / He broke his slin...
3 min
918
Miller Oberman: "The Centaur"
3 min
919
Joanna Klink: "A Welcome"
4 min
920
Abu Nuwas: "[O Málik! I pray thee go for the wi...
5 min
921
Donika Kelly: "When the Fact of Your Gaze Means...
3 min
922
Alessandra Lynch: "[The lamp is like a capsized...
3 min
923
Cecilia Woloch: "Prayer for 2018"
3 min
924
Divya Victor: "Make/Do"
4 min
925
Fady Joudah: "[…]"
2 min