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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.
Jayson P. Smith: "on fathers & swords"
Recorded by Jayson P. Smith for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 20, 2024. www.poets.org
03:5020/08/2024
Sam Sax: "My Hole. My Whole."
Recorded by Sam Sax for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 19, 2024. www.poets.org
04:1419/08/2024
Wallace Stevens: "Peter Quince at the Clavier"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 18, 2024. www.poets.org
06:3218/08/2024
Dorothy Parker: "Incurable"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 17, 2024. www.poets.org
04:1317/08/2024
Ajanaé Dawkins: "How to Witness a Miracle Without Converting"
Recorded by Ajanaé Dawkins for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 16, 2024. www.poets.org
03:3216/08/2024
Tameka Cage Conley: "Kin: First Responders"
Recorded by Tameka Cage Conley for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 15, 2024. www.poets.org
04:4015/08/2024
Nabila Lovelace: "Sojourned."
Recorded by Nabila Lovelace for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 14, 2024. www.poets.org
05:2614/08/2024
Tish Jones: "There Was No Sun in the Room"
Recorded by Tish Jones for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 13, 2024. www.poets.org
03:0713/08/2024
Bernardo Wade: "The Hymn"
Recorded by Bernardo Wade for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 12, 2024. www.poets.org
03:0912/08/2024
Robert Frost: "Acceptance"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 11, 2024. www.poets.org
04:0211/08/2024
Karle Wilson Baker: "Bluebird and Cardinal"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 10, 2024. www.poets.org
06:4710/08/2024
Chandler Peters-Durose: "Rest stop"
Recorded by Chandler Peters-Durose for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 9, 2024. www.poets.org
02:5209/08/2024
Desdamona: "Once and Future"
Recorded by Desdamona for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 8, 2024. www.poets.org
03:3808/08/2024
Farah Habad: "And out of the ashes"
Recorded by Farah Habad for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 7, 2024. www.poets.org
04:1307/08/2024
Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wind, and Not a Furious Vexation"
Recorded by Kyle Tran Myhre for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 6, 2024. www.poets.org
06:1906/08/2024
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about another breakup"
Recorded by Ty Chapman for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 5, 2024. www.poets.org
03:1005/08/2024
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 4, 2024. www.poets.org
03:0204/08/2024
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 3, 2024. www.poets.org
04:1003/08/2024
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
Recorded by Ollie Schminkey for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 2, 2024. www.poets.org
04:3902/08/2024
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
Recorded by Isha Camara for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 1, 2024. www.poets.org
04:3001/08/2024
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Editor Danez Smith
Recorded by Mary Sutton and Danez Smith for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 31, 2024. www.poets.org
11:2731/07/2024
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Times” Headline “Understanding the Middle East Through the Animal Kingdom”"
Recorded by Emily Khilfeh for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 31, 2024. www.poets.org
03:1631/07/2024
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
Recorded by Tarik Dobbs for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 30, 2024. www.poets.org
02:4830/07/2024
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my barren chest and speak to the children I won’t birth."
Recorded by Spencer Williams for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 29, 2024. www.poets.org
02:5829/07/2024
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 28, 2024. www.poets.org
04:4528/07/2024
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 27, 2024. www.poets.org
05:0927/07/2024
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
Recorded by Golden for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 26, 2024. www.poets.org
03:3726/07/2024
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Mermaid” in the Waiting Room of the Otolaryngology Department"
Recorded by Arianna Monet for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 25, 2024. www.poets.org
02:4725/07/2024
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
Recorded by Justice Ameer for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 24, 2024. www.poets.org
03:1424/07/2024
C. T. Salazar: "River"
Recorded by C. T. Salazar for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 23, 2024. www.poets.org
04:2923/07/2024
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
Recorded by Gaia Rajan for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 22, 2024. www.poets.org
03:2722/07/2024
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 21, 2024. www.poets.org
03:3721/07/2024
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 20, 2024. www.poets.org
06:5820/07/2024
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
Recorded by Ilyus Evander for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 19, 2024. www.poets.org
03:0519/07/2024
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
Recorded by K. Iver for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 18, 2024. www.poets.org
03:5918/07/2024
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
Recorded by aeon ginsberg for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 17, 2024. www.poets.org
05:3817/07/2024
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
Recorded by Ally Ang for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 16, 2024. www.poets.org
02:3416/07/2024
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
Recorded by jason b crawford for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 15, 2024. www.poets.org
03:4415/07/2024
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 14, 2024. www.poets.org
03:5014/07/2024
Robinson Jeffers: "The Truce and the Peace"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 13, 2024. www.poets.org
15:2413/07/2024
Marlin M. Jenkins: "against cleansing"
Recorded by Marlin M. Jenkins for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 12, 2024. www.poets.org
02:5812/07/2024
Nen G. Ramirez: "Love poem with a dying cat"
Recorded by Nen G. Ramirez for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 11, 2024. www.poets.org
04:4911/07/2024
Summer Farah: "After Mount Tamalpais, I Tell Etel Adnan About Supernatural"
Recorded by Summer Farah for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 10, 2024. www.poets.org
04:4710/07/2024
Xan Forest Phillips: "no one wants to be rough anymore"
Recorded by Xan Forest Phillips for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 9, 2024. www.poets.org
03:3209/07/2024
Nora Hikari: "Imago Dei"
Recorded by Nora Hikari for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 8, 2024. www.poets.org
03:3108/07/2024
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "The Seraph and Poet"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 7, 2024. www.poets.org
04:0207/07/2024
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "Sonnet"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 6, 2024. www.poets.org
03:5406/07/2024
Bradley Trumpfheller: "Loom"
Recorded by Bradley Trumpfheller for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 5, 2024. www.poets.org
03:2405/07/2024
Chrysanthemum: "Aubade for the Habana Inn"
Recorded by Chrysanthemum for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 4, 2024. www.poets.org
05:3504/07/2024
Liv Mammone: "Fear"
Recorded by Liv Mammone for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 3, 2024. www.poets.org
03:0503/07/2024