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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Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
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Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
153
Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
154
Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
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Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
156
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
157
Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
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Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
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Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
160
Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min
161
D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
162
Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min
163
Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
164
Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
165
Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
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Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min
167
Natalie Shapero: “Hansel or Gretel”
3 min
168
Michael Dumanis: “Sehnsucht”
4 min
169
Stanley Kunitz: “Passing Through”
3 min
170
Li Bai: “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” ...
4 min
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Miguel Murphy: “August”
2 min
172
Jesse Nathan: “Panhandle”
3 min
173
Leonel Sánchez Lopez: “What the Birds Do”
2 min
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Saeed Jones: “Self-Portrait as Hereboy, Sethe’s...
2 min
175
Andrea Cohen: “Pastime ”
2 min