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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.
Natalie Diaz: "Alchemy Horse"
Recorded by Natalie Diaz for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 24, 2023. www.poets.org
08:3424/04/2023
Hilda Conkling: "Gift"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 23, 2023. www.poets.org
03:4423/04/2023
John James: "Lullaby"
Recorded by John James for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 22, 2023. www.poets.org
05:2722/04/2023
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / wine-cup / western wild rose"
Recorded by Camille T. Dungy for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 21, 2023. www.poets.org
03:0921/04/2023
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
Recorded by Analicia Sotelo for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 20, 2023. www.poets.org
03:5620/04/2023
Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
Recorded by Roger Reeves for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 19, 2023. www.poets.org
03:4419/04/2023
Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
Recorded by Matthew Zapruder for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 18, 2023. www.poets.org
04:0418/04/2023
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
Recorded by Jake Skeets for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 17, 2023. www.poets.org
03:5017/04/2023
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
Recorded by Ibn al-Fāriḍ for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 16, 2023. www.poets.org
06:1016/04/2023
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us our glances, soft, timid, and mild,]"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 15, 2023. www.poets.org
03:5715/04/2023
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
Recorded by Diane Seuss for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 14, 2023. www.poets.org
07:2114/04/2023
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
Recorded by Tiana Clark for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 13, 2023. www.poets.org
04:0913/04/2023
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
Recorded by José Olivarez for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 12, 2023. www.poets.org
03:3412/04/2023
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Rising"
Recorded by Paul Tran for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 11, 2023. www.poets.org
06:1911/04/2023
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
Recorded by Jennifer L. Knox for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 10, 2023. www.poets.org
03:2910/04/2023
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 9, 2023. www.poets.org
05:2009/04/2023
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 8, 2023. www.poets.org
04:0808/04/2023
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
Recorded by Carl Phillips for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 7, 2023. www.poets.org
02:4307/04/2023
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
Recorded by Dana Levin for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 6, 2023. www.poets.org
03:0906/04/2023
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
Recorded by Molly McCully Brown for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 5, 2023. www.poets.org
04:1405/04/2023
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
Recorded by Dorianne Laux for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 4, 2023. www.poets.org
04:4204/04/2023
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
Recorded by Victoria Chang for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 3, 2023. www.poets.org
03:3203/04/2023
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 2, 2023. www.poets.org
07:2902/04/2023
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor Ada Limón
Recorded by Mary Sutton and Ada Limón for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 1, 2023. www.poets.org
11:0901/04/2023
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering keeps me wakeful]"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 1, 2023. www.poets.org
04:2601/04/2023
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
Recorded by Danez Smith for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 31, 2023. www.poets.org
04:2031/03/2023
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
Recorded by Jane Huffman for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 30, 2023. www.poets.org
03:2530/03/2023
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
Recorded by Lisa Olstein for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 29, 2023. www.poets.org
02:5429/03/2023
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
Recorded by Dana Roeser for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 28, 2023. www.poets.org
04:1028/03/2023
Virginia Konchan: "Ubi Sunt"
Recorded by Virginia Konchan for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 27, 2023. www.poets.org
04:0427/03/2023
Toru Dutt: "Our Casuarina Tree"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 26, 2023. www.poets.org
05:4526/03/2023
Alice Meynell: "To a Daisy"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 25, 2023. www.poets.org
04:0725/03/2023
Gail Wronsky: "The Moon Is in Labor"
Recorded by Gail Wronsky for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 24, 2023. www.poets.org
03:1624/03/2023
Regan Good: "A Monstrous Catalpa Tree Grows from a Drain"
Recorded by Regan Good for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 23, 2023. www.poets.org
04:5323/03/2023
Onyedikachi Chinedu: "Snail-Picking"
Recorded by Onyedikachi Chinedu for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 22, 2023. www.poets.org
04:4122/03/2023
Lisa Fay Coutley: "Holocene Sonnet"
Recorded by Lisa Fay Coutley for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 21, 2023. www.poets.org
03:5921/03/2023
Allison Benis White: "Description of Symptoms"
Recorded by Allison Benis White for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 20, 2023. www.poets.org
04:0920/03/2023
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 19, 2023. www.poets.org
04:4919/03/2023
Laura Riding Jackson: "Prisms"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 18, 2023. www.poets.org
04:3118/03/2023
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
Recorded by Christian Gullette for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 17, 2023. www.poets.org
03:3317/03/2023
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
Recorded by Richie Hofmann for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 16, 2023. www.poets.org
03:5016/03/2023
Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
Recorded by Aaron Smith for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 15, 2023. www.poets.org
03:2615/03/2023
Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
Recorded by Bryan Byrdlong for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 14, 2023. www.poets.org
04:1414/03/2023
Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Electricity"
Recorded by Monica Rico for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 13, 2023. www.poets.org
03:5913/03/2023
Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 12, 2023. www.poets.org
04:0812/03/2023
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 11, 2023. www.poets.org
05:0411/03/2023
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential Placement for My Disabled Daughter"
Recorded by Jennifer Franklin for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 10, 2023. www.poets.org
04:0010/03/2023
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
Recorded by Patrick Donnelly for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 9, 2023. www.poets.org
03:3209/03/2023
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
Recorded by Gustavo Hernandez for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 8, 2023. www.poets.org
03:3108/03/2023
Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
Recorded by Laura Da’ for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 7, 2023. www.poets.org
03:4907/03/2023