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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.
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
Recorded by Arisa White for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 25, 2022. www.poets.org
03:0725/08/2022
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
Recorded by Nikky Finney for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 24, 2022. www.poets.org
09:1124/08/2022
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was a Cure"
Recorded by Hanif Abdurraqib for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 23, 2022. www.poets.org
04:4823/08/2022
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
Recorded by Asiya Wadud for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 22, 2022. www.poets.org
03:3222/08/2022
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 21, 2022. www.poets.org
03:4921/08/2022
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 20, 2022. www.poets.org
04:0520/08/2022
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of faith"
Recorded by t'ai freedom ford for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 19, 2022. www.poets.org
04:0819/08/2022
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blossoms wedded to the soil’s palm]
Recorded by Luther Hughes for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 18, 2022. www.poets.org
04:3818/08/2022
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
Recorded by Ellen Bass for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 17, 2022. www.poets.org
03:3017/08/2022
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling but not what made you feel that way"
Recorded by Elizabeth Barnett for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 16, 2022. www.poets.org
02:5716/08/2022
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
Recorded by Ladan Osman for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 15, 2022. www.poets.org
05:2915/08/2022
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 14, 2022. www.poets.org
05:4214/08/2022
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 13, 2022. www.poets.org
03:2013/08/2022
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
Recorded by Bernard Ferguson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 12, 2022. www.poets.org
04:0812/08/2022
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the Purple-Flowered Tree"
Recorded by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 11, 2022. www.poets.org
03:1511/08/2022
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
Recorded by Omotara James for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 10, 2022. www.poets.org
04:3110/08/2022
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
Recorded by Stephanie Cawley for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 9, 2022. www.poets.org
04:5409/08/2022
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cicada"
Recorded by Marissa Davis for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 8, 2022. www.poets.org
03:5808/08/2022
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 7, 2022. www.poets.org
06:1807/08/2022
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 6, 2022. www.poets.org
03:4306/08/2022
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, April 2014"
Recorded by Destiny O. Birdsong for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 5, 2022. www.poets.org
05:2305/08/2022
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
Recorded by Kayleb Rae Candrilli for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 4, 2022. www.poets.org
03:3704/08/2022
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
Recorded by Hieu Minh Nguyen for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 3, 2022. www.poets.org
03:4003/08/2022
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
Recorded by Diamond Forde for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 2, 2022. www.poets.org
04:5802/08/2022
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
Recorded by Rajiv Mohabir for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 1, 2022. www.poets.org
03:2001/08/2022
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Editor Donika Kelly
Recorded by Mary Sutton and Donika Kelly for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 1, 2022. www.poets.org
14:5801/08/2022
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 31, 2022. www.poets.org
04:1631/07/2022
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 30, 2022. www.poets.org
03:4030/07/2022
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
Recorded by Saretta Morgan for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 29, 2022. www.poets.org
06:3629/07/2022
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be called our sacred alliance without history"
Recorded by Simone White for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 28, 2022. www.poets.org
05:5728/07/2022
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 27, 2022. www.poets.org
05:0227/07/2022
Uche Nduka: "Document"
Recorded by Uche Nduka for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 26, 2022. www.poets.org
03:5926/07/2022
Deborah Paredez: “Uvalde Shooting Highlights Role of Doors in Security Plans”
Recorded by Deborah Paredez for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 25, 2022. www.poets.org
05:2325/07/2022
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "The Sheaves"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 24, 2022. www.poets.org
03:1124/07/2022
Edith Sitwell: "Fireworks"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 23, 2022. www.poets.org
04:1423/07/2022
Jena Osman: "Dissent and the Hydra"
Recorded by Jena Osman for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 22, 2022. www.poets.org
05:0722/07/2022
Tyrone Williams: "stilettos in a rifle range"
Recorded by Tyrone Williams for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 21, 2022. www.poets.org
03:1021/07/2022
Patricia Spears Jones: "Saturnine"
Recorded by Patricia Spears Jones for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 20, 2022. www.poets.org
04:3720/07/2022
Mihee Kim: "time travel"
Recorded by Mihee Kim for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 19, 2022. www.poets.org
03:5819/07/2022
César Vallejo: "Spider"
Recorded by The Friend and Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 18, 2022. www.poets.org
04:0618/07/2022
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 60"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 17 2022. www.poets.org
04:1517/07/2022
Leonora Speyer "The Locust"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 16, 2022. www.poets.org
02:2916/07/2022
Kit Robinson: "Leaves of Today"
Recorded by Kit Robinson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 15, 2022. www.poets.org
03:2415/07/2022
Xan Phillips: "I Never Felt Comfortable in My Own Skin So I Made a New One"
Recorded by Xan Phillips for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 14, 2022. www.poets.org
04:0714/07/2022
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram: "Lineage Anagrams II"
Recorded by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 13, 2022. www.poets.org
04:0013/07/2022
Jennifer Firestone: from "Consequences of a Heavy Heart"
Recorded by Jennifer Firestone for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 12, 2022. www.poets.org
03:4912/07/2022
Lam Lai: "I, New York"
Recorded by Lam Lai for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 11, 2022. www.poets.org
04:5711/07/2022
Robinson Jeffers: "The Treasure"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 10, 2022. www.poets.org
03:4910/07/2022
Harriet Monroe: "In the Yellowstone"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 9, 2022. www.poets.org
04:2009/07/2022
Jaye Elizabeth Elijah: "fire danger high today"
Recorded by Jaye Elizabeth Elijah for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 8, 2022. www.poets.org
04:2908/07/2022