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 Thea Matthews. 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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Helen Hunt Jackson: "Two"
2 min
1652
Peter Balakian: "Waiting for a Number"
1 min
1653
Patricia Smith: "Now He's an Etching"
1 min
1654
Pamela Uschuk: "Green Flame"
1 min
1655
Naomi Shihab Nye: "On Doubt and Bad Reviews"
1 min
1656
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge: "Wonder"
7 min
1657
Carl Sandburg: "Monotone"
0 min
1658
Effie Waller Smith: "The Rainbow"
0 min
1659
Marilyn Kallet: "Beggar"
0 min
1660
Marilyn Hacker: "Ghazal !يا لطيف (Ya Lateef!)"
1 min
1661
Kimberly Blaeser: "The Way We Love Something Sm...
0 min
1662
Katie Condon: "Big with Dawn"
1 min
1663
Elise Paschen: "Aerial, Wild Pine"
1 min
1664
Rainer Maria Rilke: "In April"
1 min
1665
Fenton Johnson: "The Miracle"
1 min
1666
Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen: "the pomegranate’s deci...
1 min
1667
Aracelis Girmay: "[When I come home they rush t...
2 min
1668
Allison Pitinii Davis: "The Function of Humor i...
1 min
1669
Ted Mathys: "Fool’s Gold"
1 min
1670
dg nanouk okpik: "When White Hawks Come"
https://poets.org/poem/when-white-hawks-come
0 min
1671
Louise Bogan: "Words for Departure"
2 min
1672
Natalie Diaz: "lake-loop"
4 min
1673
Benjamin Garcia: "Bliss Point or What Can Best ...
2 min
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francine j. harris: "Rabbit"
2 min
1675
Erin Belieu: "She Returns to the Water"
3 min