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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Hilda Conkling: "Gift"
3 min
1177
John James: "Lullaby"
4 min
1178
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / w...
2 min
1179
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min
1180
Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
3 min
1181
Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
3 min
1182
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
1183
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
1184
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
1185
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
1186
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
1187
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
1188
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
1189
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
1190
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
1191
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
1192
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
1193
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
1194
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
1195
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
1196
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
1197
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
1198
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
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Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
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Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min