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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Joy Ladin: “Forgetting”
3 min
177
Pramila Venkateswaran: “Body Language”
3 min
178
Julia Kolchinsky: “Naming”
4 min
179
Tarfia Faizullah: “Wait Until It Grows Roots”
1 min
180
Naomi Shihab Nye: “In a Village in the West Bank”
4 min
181
Vievee Francis: “The Poems Repeat as Dreams as ...
2 min
182
Robin Coste Lewis: “Cavafy in Compton/Closet An...
4 min
183
Gloria Gervitz, translated by Mark Schafer: Fro...
6 min
184
Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
185
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
186
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
187
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
188
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
189
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
190
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
191
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
192
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
193
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
194
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
195
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
196
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
197
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
198
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
199
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
200
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min