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.
1
Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
2
Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
3
Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
4
Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
5
Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
6
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
7
Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
8
Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
9
Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
10
Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min
11
D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
12
Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min
13
Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
14
Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
15
Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
16
Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min
17
Natalie Shapero: “Hansel or Gretel”
3 min
18
Michael Dumanis: “Sehnsucht”
4 min
19
Stanley Kunitz: “Passing Through”
3 min
20
Li Bai: “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” ...
4 min
21
Miguel Murphy: “August”
2 min
22
Jesse Nathan: “Panhandle”
3 min
23
Leonel Sánchez Lopez: “What the Birds Do”
2 min
24
Saeed Jones: “Self-Portrait as Hereboy, Sethe’s...
2 min
25
Andrea Cohen: “Pastime ”
2 min