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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Brandy Nālani McDougall: “returning”
3 min
152
Major Jackson: “Addiction”
2 min
153
Christopher Buckley: “Desire”
3 min
154
Mark Jarman: “The Mermaid”
2 min
155
Joy Ladin: “Forgetting”
3 min
156
Pramila Venkateswaran: “Body Language”
3 min
157
Julia Kolchinsky: “Naming”
4 min
158
Tarfia Faizullah: “Wait Until It Grows Roots”
1 min
159
Naomi Shihab Nye: “In a Village in the West Bank”
4 min
160
Vievee Francis: “The Poems Repeat as Dreams as ...
2 min
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Robin Coste Lewis: “Cavafy in Compton/Closet An...
4 min
162
Gloria Gervitz, translated by Mark Schafer: Fro...
6 min
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Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
164
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
165
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
166
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
167
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
168
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
169
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
170
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
171
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
172
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
173
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
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Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
175
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min