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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Brandy Nālani McDougall: “returning”
3 min
102
Major Jackson: “Addiction”
2 min
103
Christopher Buckley: “Desire”
3 min
104
Mark Jarman: “The Mermaid”
2 min
105
Joy Ladin: “Forgetting”
3 min
106
Pramila Venkateswaran: “Body Language”
3 min
107
Julia Kolchinsky: “Naming”
4 min
108
Tarfia Faizullah: “Wait Until It Grows Roots”
1 min
109
Naomi Shihab Nye: “In a Village in the West Bank”
4 min
110
Vievee Francis: “The Poems Repeat as Dreams as ...
2 min
111
Robin Coste Lewis: “Cavafy in Compton/Closet An...
4 min
112
Gloria Gervitz, translated by Mark Schafer: Fro...
6 min
113
Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
114
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
115
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
116
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
117
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
118
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
119
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
120
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
121
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
122
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
123
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
124
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
125
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min