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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.
Randall Mann: "Cold War"
Recorded by Randall Mann for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 3, 2023. www.poets.org
03:5503/11/2023
Patrick Phillips: "Galleria Ode"
Recorded by Patrick Phillips for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 2, 2023. www.poets.org
03:2102/11/2023
Katie Ford: "Injury Room"
Recorded by Katie Ford for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 1, 2023. www.poets.org
03:0001/11/2023
Guest Editor Interview: November Guest Editor Steve Bellin-Oka
Recorded by Mary Sutton and Steve Bellin-Oka for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 1, 2023. www.poets.org
17:1801/11/2023
Alexis Aceves Garcia: "The Opposite of Abandonment"
Recorded by Alexis Aceves Garcia for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 31, 2023. www.poets.org
04:5731/10/2023
Cristina Rivera Garza: "Saturday, April 17, 2010 12:49 am"
Recorded by Cristina Rivera Garza for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 30, 2023. www.poets.org
05:3430/10/2023
E. E. Cummings: "Chansons Innocentes II"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 29, 2023. www.poets.org
04:0829/10/2023
Robert Frost: "In a Disused Graveyard"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 28, 2023. www.poets.org
03:3428/10/2023
Sarah Ghazal Ali: "Matrilineage (umbilicus)"
Recorded by Sarah Ghazal Ali for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 27, 2023. www.poets.org
03:4327/10/2023
Maritza N. Estrada: "Audience"
Recorded by Maritza N. Estrada for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 26, 2023. www.poets.org
06:5526/10/2023
Moncho Alvarado: "An Erasure of Senate Bill 1698 (2)"
Recorded by Moncho Alvarado for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 25, 2023. www.poets.org
03:4625/10/2023
Ruth Ellen Kocher: "Grow"
Recorded by Ruth Ellen Kocher for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 24, 2023. www.poets.org
04:4424/10/2023
Paul Hlava Ceballos: "ER S/P GSW"
Recorded by Paul Hlava Ceballos for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 23, 2023. www.poets.org
03:4023/10/2023
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Tenebris"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 22, 2023. www.poets.org
04:1422/10/2023
W. B. Yeats: "The Host of the Air"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 21, 2023. www.poets.org
04:5821/10/2023
J. Estanislao Lopez: "The Systemic"
Recorded by J. Estanislao Lopez for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 20, 2023. www.poets.org
03:2520/10/2023
Jonah Mixon-Webster: "Territory"
Recorded by Jonah Mixon-Webster for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 19, 2023. www.poets.org
04:2319/10/2023
Emily Lee Luan: "The warble of melting snow is the river"
Recorded by Emily Lee Luan for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 18, 2023. www.poets.org
04:2018/10/2023
Vickie Vértiz: "Under the Spell of Conjunto"
Recorded by Vickie Vértiz for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 17, 2023. www.poets.org
04:2917/10/2023
Adam J. Gellings: "Somewhere Else"
Recorded by Adam J. Gellings for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 16, 2023. www.poets.org
03:1016/10/2023
Djuna Barnes: "She Passed This Way"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 15, 2023. www.poets.org
04:0415/10/2023
Robert Graves: "Children of Darkness"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 14, 2023. www.poets.org
03:4114/10/2023
Megan Fernandes: "Friends with No Benefits"
Recorded by Megan Fernandes for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 13, 2023. www.poets.org
04:3413/10/2023
Chaun Webster: "[by way of entry you sit with an object]"
Recorded by Chaun Webster for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 12, 2023. www.poets.org
05:2812/10/2023
Jos Charles: "A Sonnet"
Recorded by Jos Charles for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 11, 2023. www.poets.org
03:3711/10/2023
Cass Donish: "You, Emblazoned"
Recorded by Cass Donish for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 10, 2023. www.poets.org
05:0010/10/2023
Sara Borjas: "Decolonialish Self-Portrait"
Recorded by Sara Borjas for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 9, 2023. www.poets.org
03:3609/10/2023
Elinor Wylie: "Let No Charitable Hope"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 8, 2023. www.poets.org
03:5508/10/2023
Wallace Stevens: "The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 7, 2023. www.poets.org
04:2207/10/2023
Aracelis Girmay: "[to keep knowing]"
Recorded by Aracelis Girmay for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 6, 2023. www.poets.org
03:5806/10/2023
Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An American Fairytale OR What It Feels Like to Be a Parent in America"
Recorded by Jasminne Mendez for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 5, 2023. www.poets.org
03:5805/10/2023
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5.8 million puerto ricans in america)"
Recorded by Giovannai Rosa for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 4, 2023. www.poets.org
04:3204/10/2023
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
Recorded by Janel Pineda for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 3, 2023. www.poets.org
03:3903/10/2023
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
Recorded by Khadijah Queen for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 2, 2023. www.poets.org
03:4802/10/2023
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 1, 2023. www.poets.org
07:4401/10/2023
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Editor Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
Recorded by Mary Sutton and Vanessa Angélica Villarreal for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 1, 2023. www.poets.org
11:3901/10/2023
Naja Marie Aidt: from "Everything Shimmers"
Recorded by Naja Marie Aidt for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 30, 2023. www.poets.org
04:0530/09/2023
Kitty Tsui: "Without Love"
Recorded by Kitty Tsui for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 29, 2023. www.poets.org
04:0529/09/2023
Genji Amino: from "n e a r"
Recorded by Genji Amino for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 28, 2023. www.poets.org
04:1528/09/2023
Alberto Ríos: "To Mars from Arizona"
Recorded by Alberto Ríos for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 27, 2023. www.poets.org
04:3427/09/2023
Nellie Wong: "Being pregnant is a dream"
Recorded by Nellie Wong for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 26, 2023. www.poets.org
04:5426/09/2023
Safiya Sinclair: "Planet Dread"
Recorded by Safiya Sinclair for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 25, 2023. www.poets.org
06:1925/09/2023
José Santos Chocano: "The Orchids"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 24, 2023. www.poets.org
04:0624/09/2023
Xavier Valcárcel: "Doppelgänger"
Recorded by Roque Raquel Salas Rivera and Xavier Valcárcel for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 23, 2023. www.poets.org
03:4723/09/2023
Aria Aber: "Oakland in Rain"
Recorded by Aria Aber for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 22, 2023. www.poets.org
04:3522/09/2023
Santee Frazier: "Fugal"
Recorded by Santee Frazier for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 20, 2023. www.poets.org
03:1021/09/2023
Catherine Chen: "My Poem Asks to Be Read Right to Left"
Recorded by Catherine Chen for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 20, 2023. www.poets.org
04:0720/09/2023
Canisia Lubrin: from "The World After Rain"
Recorded by Canisia Lubrin for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 19, 2023. www.poets.org
04:4119/09/2023
Aaron Boothby: "Jurupa Hills / Riverside"
Recorded by Aaron Boothby for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 18, 2023. www.poets.org
03:4618/09/2023
Amado Nervo: "To Leonora"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 17, 2023. www.poets.org
04:5217/09/2023