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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Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
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Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
128
Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
129
Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
130
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
131
Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
132
Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
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Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
134
Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min
135
D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
136
Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min
137
Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
138
Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
139
Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
140
Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min
141
Natalie Shapero: “Hansel or Gretel”
3 min
142
Michael Dumanis: “Sehnsucht”
4 min
143
Stanley Kunitz: “Passing Through”
3 min
144
Li Bai: “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” ...
4 min
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Miguel Murphy: “August”
2 min
146
Jesse Nathan: “Panhandle”
3 min
147
Leonel Sánchez Lopez: “What the Birds Do”
2 min
148
Saeed Jones: “Self-Portrait as Hereboy, Sethe’s...
2 min
149
Andrea Cohen: “Pastime ”
2 min
150
Gertrude Stein: “Tender Buttons [Breakfast]”
8 min