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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Major Jackson: “Addiction”
2 min
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Christopher Buckley: “Desire”
3 min
203
Mark Jarman: “The Mermaid”
2 min
204
Joy Ladin: “Forgetting”
3 min
205
Pramila Venkateswaran: “Body Language”
3 min
206
Julia Kolchinsky: “Naming”
4 min
207
Tarfia Faizullah: “Wait Until It Grows Roots”
1 min
208
Naomi Shihab Nye: “In a Village in the West Bank”
4 min
209
Vievee Francis: “The Poems Repeat as Dreams as ...
2 min
210
Robin Coste Lewis: “Cavafy in Compton/Closet An...
4 min
211
Gloria Gervitz, translated by Mark Schafer: Fro...
6 min
212
Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
213
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
214
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
215
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
216
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
217
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
218
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
219
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
220
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
221
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
222
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
223
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
224
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
225
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min