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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Mary Jo Bang: “Madonna Overview”
3 min
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L. Lamar Wilson: “Lauren Oya Olamina Explains E...
4 min
128
Philip Levine: “Breath”
4 min
129
Else Lasker-Schüler: “Sphinx”
2 min
130
Jeffrey Pethybridge: “Note on Method”
5 min
131
Adrian Matejka: “16 Bars Poetica”
2 min
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Kiki Petrosino: From “De Jure Sanguinis”
2 min
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Fiona Templeton: “Why Say That”
3 min
134
Elisa Gabbert: “The Bridge”
2 min
135
Rainer Maria Rilke: “Put Out My Eyes”
2 min
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Charles Baudelaire: “Obsession”
3 min
137
CM Burroughs: “One Way To Resurrect An Ancestor”
2 min
138
Christian Campbell: “My Grandmother’s Love Lett...
3 min
139
Kyla Marshell: “Somewhere Swimming”
2 min
140
Tommye Blount: “Karl Lagerfeld’s line of beauty”
4 min
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Jzl Jmz: “Drenched in Reflection”
2 min
142
Adrienne Rich: “This Evening Let’s”
4 min
143
Pierre Dupont: “A Serenade”
2 min
144
Abe Louise Young: “Who”
2 min
145
Douglas Kearney: “There’s no ‘sass’ in “dissoci...
2 min
146
Chet’la Sebree: “An End”
3 min
147
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram: “Black Pastoral”
3 min
148
Antoinette Brim-Bell: “Insomniac Tankas”
2 min
149
Djuna Barnes: “I’d Have You Think of Me”
3 min
150
Victor Hugo: “Truth”
7 min