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
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John James: "Lullaby"
4 min
1303
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / w...
2 min
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Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min
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Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
3 min
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Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
3 min
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Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
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Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
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Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
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Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
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Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
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José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
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Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
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Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
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Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
1316
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
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Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
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Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
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Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
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Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
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Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
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Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
1323
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