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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Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
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Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
78
Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
79
Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
80
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
81
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
85
D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
86
Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min
87
Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
88
Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
89
Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
90
Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min
91
Natalie Shapero: “Hansel or Gretel”
3 min
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Michael Dumanis: “Sehnsucht”
4 min
93
Stanley Kunitz: “Passing Through”
3 min
94
Li Bai: “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” ...
4 min
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Miguel Murphy: “August”
2 min
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Jesse Nathan: “Panhandle”
3 min
97
Leonel Sánchez Lopez: “What the Birds Do”
2 min
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Saeed Jones: “Self-Portrait as Hereboy, Sethe’s...
2 min
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Andrea Cohen: “Pastime ”
2 min
100
Gertrude Stein: “Tender Buttons [Breakfast]”
8 min