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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Yusef Komunyakaa: “Frida’s Earth Mother”
4 min
102
Brandy Nālani McDougall: “returning”
3 min
103
Major Jackson: “Addiction”
2 min
104
Christopher Buckley: “Desire”
3 min
105
Mark Jarman: “The Mermaid”
2 min
106
Joy Ladin: “Forgetting”
3 min
107
Pramila Venkateswaran: “Body Language”
3 min
108
Julia Kolchinsky: “Naming”
4 min
109
Tarfia Faizullah: “Wait Until It Grows Roots”
1 min
110
Naomi Shihab Nye: “In a Village in the West Bank”
4 min
111
Vievee Francis: “The Poems Repeat as Dreams as ...
2 min
112
Robin Coste Lewis: “Cavafy in Compton/Closet An...
4 min
113
Gloria Gervitz, translated by Mark Schafer: Fro...
6 min
114
Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
115
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
116
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
117
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
118
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
119
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
120
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
121
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
122
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
123
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
124
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
125
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min