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
1277
Rebecca Lindenberg: "The Splendid Body"
4 min
1278
Ross Gay: "Throwing Children"
3 min
1279
Ansel Elkins: "Someone Forgot to Whisper Your D...
4 min
1280
Natalie Diaz: "Alchemy Horse"
8 min
1281
Hilda Conkling: "Gift"
3 min
1282
John James: "Lullaby"
4 min
1283
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / w...
2 min
1284
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min
1285
Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
3 min
1286
Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
3 min
1287
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
1288
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
1289
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
1290
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
1291
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
1292
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
1293
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
1294
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
1295
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
1296
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
1297
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
1298
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
1299
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
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Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min