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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Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1677
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1678
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1679
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1680
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1681
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
1682
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
1683
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
1684
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min
1685
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
3 min
1686
Angela Peñaredondo: "to hold these contradictio...
4 min
1687
Sokunthary Svay: "I am the Apsara’s daughter"
2 min
1688
Natalie Diaz: "excerpts from 'Duned'"
11 min
1689
Sandra Gustin: "Cause of Death"
5 min
1690
Ina Coolbrith: "After the Winter Rain"
2 min
1691
Margaret Noodin: "Nimbawaadaan Akiing / I Dream...
3 min
1692
Luisa A. Igloria: "Custody"
6 min
1693
Don Mee Choi: "Berlin: 28.6.2019"
5 min
1694
Mariah Bosch: "Obituary Generator"
3 min
1695
Desiree C. Bailey: "Ex(ile)"
4 min
1696
Achy Obejas: "In Response to the Murder of Elev...
7 min
1697
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Wind"
2 min
1698
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocene: A Dictionary"
4 min
1699
Alessandra Narváez Varela: "23 Reasons Why Mexi...
5 min
1700
Andrea Cote-Botero: "Dear Beth"
5 min