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
1227
John James: "Lullaby"
4 min
1228
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / w...
2 min
1229
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min
1230
Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
3 min
1231
Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
3 min
1232
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
1233
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
1234
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
1235
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
1236
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
1237
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
1238
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
1239
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
1240
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
1241
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
1242
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
1243
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
1244
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
1245
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
1246
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
1247
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
1248
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
1249
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
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Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min