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
927
Ross Gay: "Throwing Children"
3 min
928
Ansel Elkins: "Someone Forgot to Whisper Your D...
4 min
929
Natalie Diaz: "Alchemy Horse"
8 min
930
Hilda Conkling: "Gift"
3 min
931
John James: "Lullaby"
4 min
932
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / w...
2 min
933
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min
934
Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
3 min
935
Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
3 min
936
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
937
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
938
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
939
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
940
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
941
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
942
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
943
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
944
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
945
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
946
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
947
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
948
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
949
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
950
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min