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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Shara Lessley: "Sisyphus"
2 min
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Canese Jarboe: “Alternate Endings to Shania Twa...
3 min
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Kimberly Quiogue Andrews: "Poem in Which the Po...
4 min
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Henry Howard: "So Cruel Prison"
6 min
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H. P. Lovecraft: From "Fungi of Yuggoth" [XIV. ...
3 min
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Amy M. Alvarez: "Burn Out"
3 min
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Iain Haley Pollock: "[And I return to the field]"
4 min
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Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Aura"
3 min
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Elizabeth Bradfield: "The Teeth on My Wrist"
6 min
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Katrina Vandenberg: "Tomatoes"
3 min
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Frank Horne: "Youth"
2 min
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Marie Ponsot: "Rain All Night, Paris"
2 min
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A. L. Nielsen: "Consensus"
6 min
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Rebecca Gayle Howell: "How Will I Know You" [Fo...
3 min
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Todd Davis: "How She Heard It"
3 min
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Lindsay Bernal: "The Laundresses"
4 min
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Tim Earley: "Vacation Bible School"
4 min
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Samuel Beckett: "Whoroscope"
7 min
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E. E. Cummings: From "Puella Mea" [Through the ...
2 min
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Adam Giannelli: "Alliterative Autobiography"
5 min
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Jenny Johnson: "Queer Trivia Night"
6 min
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Jacob Shores-Argüello: "The Names of Grasses"
3 min
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Sara Nicholson: "What Ails Me"
3 min
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Gary Jackson: "Chickens"
3 min
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W. H. Auden: "II" [Doom is dark and deeper than...
3 min