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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.
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
Recorded by Dan Rosenberg for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 2, 2021. www.poets.org
03:3602/08/2021
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 1, 2021. www.poets.org
04:3001/08/2021
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 31, 2021. www.poets.org
03:5631/07/2021
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
Recorded by Natasha Marin for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 30, 2021. www.poets.org
04:0630/07/2021
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
Recorded by Yanyi for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 29, 2021. www.poets.org
04:1329/07/2021
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America..."
Recorded by Ronaldo V. Wilson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 28, 2021. www.poets.org
07:1928/07/2021
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
Recorded by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 27, 2021. www.poets.org
03:4027/07/2021
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
Recorded by Gwen Westerman for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 26, 2021. www.poets.org
04:3626/07/2021
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 25, 2021. www.poets.org
02:2525/07/2021
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 24, 2021. www.poets.org
02:4724/07/2021
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
Recorded by Brandy Nālani McDougall for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 23, 2021. www.poets.org
06:5723/07/2021
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Life)"
Recorded by Sara Marie Ortiz for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 22, 2021. www.poets.org
05:0422/07/2021
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knocks on the Door"
Recorded by Elisabet Velasquez for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 21, 2021. www.poets.org
03:4921/07/2021
Adeeba Shahid Talukder: "A Love Note"
Recorded by Adeeba Shahid Talukder for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 20, 2021. www.poets.org
03:4620/07/2021
Margaret Rhee: "The Year Before I Left For Mars"
Recorded by Margaret Rhee for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 19, 2021. www.poets.org
04:4319/07/2021
George Reginald Margetson: "The Call to Duty"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 18, 2021. www.poets.org
05:2718/07/2021
Leonie Adams: "Midsummer"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 17, 2021. www.poets.org
02:5917/07/2021
Jasmine Reid: "where all, we flowers"
Recorded by Jasmine Reid for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 16, 2021. www.poets.org
04:0716/07/2021
Roya Marsh: "Rememory"
Recorded by Roya Marsh for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 15, 2021. www.poets.org
03:1115/07/2021
Sheila Maldonado: "window on my part-time employer in the one building that was once two"
Recorded by Sheila Maldonado for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 14, 2021. www.poets.org
04:3514/07/2021
Dawn Lundy Martin: from "The Laceration"
Recorded by Dawn Lundy Martin for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 13, 2021. www.poets.org
04:2013/07/2021
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
Recorded by Randall Horton for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 12, 2020. www.poets.org
03:2712/07/2021
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 11, 2021. www.poets.org
02:3111/07/2021
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 10, 2021. www.poets.org
02:2910/07/2021
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
Recorded by S*an D. Henry Smith for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 9, 2021. www.poets.org
03:4409/07/2021
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, when I was 8 years old"
Recorded by Duriel E. Harris for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 8, 2021. www.poets.org
04:5508/07/2021
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
Recorded by Camonghne Felix for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 7, 2021. www.poets.org
02:5607/07/2021
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
Recorded by Karla Cordero for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 6, 2021. www.poets.org
04:5006/07/2021
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
Recorded by Wo Chan for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 5, 2021. www.poets.org
04:4005/07/2021
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 4, 2021. www.poets.org
02:4004/07/2021
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 3, 2021. www.poets.org
02:2203/07/2021
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fine."
Recorded by Samiya Bashir for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 2, 2021. www.poets.org
04:1102/07/2021
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Erica Doyle
Recorded by R. Erica Doyle and Tara Jayakar for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 1, 2021. www.poets.org
26:4901/07/2021
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Necropastoral (Eve)"
Recorded by George Abraham for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 1, 2021. www.poets.org
06:3701/07/2021
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
Recorded by dee(dee) c. ardan for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 30, 2021. www.poets.org
09:0830/06/2021
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vulnerable is usually the most cruel / It is impossible to separate it from what it remembers"
Recorded by Precious Okoyomon for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 29, 2021. www.poets.org
02:5529/06/2021
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
Recorded by Tian-Ai for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 28, 2021. www.poets.org
04:1728/06/2021
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 27, 2021. www.poets.org
03:2027/06/2021
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 26, 2021. www.poets.org
02:3226/06/2021
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
Recorded by Rachel B. Glaser for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 25, 2021. www.poets.org
03:1025/06/2021
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
Recorded by Noah Baldino for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 24, 2021. www.poets.org
05:5624/06/2021
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
Recorded by Mónica de la Torre for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 23, 2021. www.poets.org
04:1723/06/2021
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
Recorded by Miller Oberman for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 22, 2021. www.poets.org
04:1422/06/2021
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
Recorded by McKenzie Toma for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 21, 2021. www.poets.org
03:4521/06/2021
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 20, 2021. www.poets.org
03:0220/06/2021
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 19, 2021. www.poets.org
02:3419/06/2021
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
Recorded by Margarita Cruz for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 18, 2021. www.poets.org
03:2318/06/2021
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
Recorded by LA Warman for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 17, 2021. www.poets.org
05:0817/06/2021
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
Recorded by Kemi Alabi for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 16, 2021. www.poets.org
03:2216/06/2021
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
Recorded by Kamelya Omayma Youssef for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 15, 2021. www.poets.org
05:4015/06/2021