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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Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
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Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
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Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
79
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
80
Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
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Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
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Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
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Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min
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D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
85
Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min
86
Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
87
Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
88
Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
89
Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min
90
Natalie Shapero: “Hansel or Gretel”
3 min
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Michael Dumanis: “Sehnsucht”
4 min
92
Stanley Kunitz: “Passing Through”
3 min
93
Li Bai: “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” ...
4 min
94
Miguel Murphy: “August”
2 min
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Jesse Nathan: “Panhandle”
3 min
96
Leonel Sánchez Lopez: “What the Birds Do”
2 min
97
Saeed Jones: “Self-Portrait as Hereboy, Sethe’s...
2 min
98
Andrea Cohen: “Pastime ”
2 min
99
Gertrude Stein: “Tender Buttons [Breakfast]”
8 min
100
Vachel Lindsay: “Meeting Ourselves”
3 min