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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Kevin Young: "Ledge"
3 min
1102
Rebecca Lindenberg: "The Splendid Body"
4 min
1103
Ross Gay: "Throwing Children"
3 min
1104
Ansel Elkins: "Someone Forgot to Whisper Your D...
4 min
1105
Natalie Diaz: "Alchemy Horse"
8 min
1106
Hilda Conkling: "Gift"
3 min
1107
John James: "Lullaby"
4 min
1108
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / w...
2 min
1109
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min
1110
Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
3 min
1111
Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
3 min
1112
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
1113
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
1114
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
1115
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
1116
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
1117
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
1118
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
1119
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
1120
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
1121
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
1122
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
1123
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
1124
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
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Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min