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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John James: "Lullaby"
4 min
927
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / w...
2 min
928
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min
929
Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
3 min
930
Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
3 min
931
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
932
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
933
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
934
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
935
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
936
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
937
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
938
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
939
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
940
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
941
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
942
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
943
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
944
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
945
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
946
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
947
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
948
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
949
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
950
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min