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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David Tomas Martinez: "Trap Music"
6 min
1477
Carol Moldaw: "Meditation in the Open-Air Garage"
2 min
1478
Li-Young Lee: "Big Clock"
5 min
1479
Victoria Chang: from "The Trees Witness Everyth...
3 min
1480
J. Hope Stein: "Dancing, before you were born"
2 min
1481
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Appalling Heart"
2 min
1482
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "Winter with the Gulf St...
2 min
1483
Alireza Roshan: from "The Book of Absence"
7 min
1484
Ruth Madievsky: "Fog"
3 min
1485
Shane McCrae: "In the Event Of"
1 min
1486
Peter Grandbois: "When your son abandons the la...
2 min
1487
Yolanda Wisher: "no more grandma poems"
3 min
1488
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "A Desert Memory"
3 min
1489
Mrs. Minot Carter: "Fancies"
2 min
1490
William Stobb: "Poem that Wanted to Be a Brueghel"
3 min
1491
Esther Belin: "(De)colonial Therapy"
3 min
1492
Denise Lajimodiere: "Tawkwaymenahnah"
2 min
1493
Kathy Engel: "It would be water"
3 min
1494
Robin Chapman: "The Door-to-Door Saleswoman"
3 min
1495
Lynn Riggs: "Rhythm of Rain"
2 min
1496
Emily Pauline Johnson: "The Lost Lagoon"
2 min
1497
Sean Hill: "The White-headed Woodpecker"
5 min
1498
Angela C. Trudell Vasquez: "In the Discount Lot"
3 min
1499
James Crews: "Self-Compassion"
3 min
1500
CMarie Fuhrman: "Anne"
3 min