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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Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min
1652
Ray Young Bear: "In Pine, Arizona"
5 min
1653
"We Two" by H. D.
1 min
1654
Helen Hunt Jackson: "Two"
2 min
1655
Peter Balakian: "Waiting for a Number"
1 min
1656
Patricia Smith: "Now He's an Etching"
1 min
1657
Pamela Uschuk: "Green Flame"
1 min
1658
Naomi Shihab Nye: "On Doubt and Bad Reviews"
1 min
1659
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge: "Wonder"
7 min
1660
Carl Sandburg: "Monotone"
0 min
1661
Effie Waller Smith: "The Rainbow"
0 min
1662
Marilyn Kallet: "Beggar"
0 min
1663
Marilyn Hacker: "Ghazal !يا لطيف (Ya Lateef!)"
1 min
1664
Kimberly Blaeser: "The Way We Love Something Sm...
0 min
1665
Katie Condon: "Big with Dawn"
1 min
1666
Elise Paschen: "Aerial, Wild Pine"
1 min
1667
Rainer Maria Rilke: "In April"
1 min
1668
Fenton Johnson: "The Miracle"
1 min
1669
Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen: "the pomegranate’s deci...
1 min
1670
Aracelis Girmay: "[When I come home they rush t...
2 min
1671
Allison Pitinii Davis: "The Function of Humor i...
1 min
1672
Ted Mathys: "Fool’s Gold"
1 min
1673
dg nanouk okpik: "When White Hawks Come"
https://poets.org/poem/when-white-hawks-come
0 min
1674
Louise Bogan: "Words for Departure"
2 min
1675
Natalie Diaz: "lake-loop"
4 min