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
178
Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
179
Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
180
Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
181
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
182
Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
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Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
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Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
185
Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min
186
D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
187
Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min
188
Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
189
Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
190
Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
191
Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min
192
Natalie Shapero: “Hansel or Gretel”
3 min
193
Michael Dumanis: “Sehnsucht”
4 min
194
Stanley Kunitz: “Passing Through”
3 min
195
Li Bai: “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” ...
4 min
196
Miguel Murphy: “August”
2 min
197
Jesse Nathan: “Panhandle”
3 min
198
Leonel Sánchez Lopez: “What the Birds Do”
2 min
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Saeed Jones: “Self-Portrait as Hereboy, Sethe’s...
2 min
200
Andrea Cohen: “Pastime ”
2 min