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Poem-a-Day

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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.

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Episodes

Matt W. Miller: "Far Away"

November 15, 2023 07:00 - 4 minutes

Recorded by Matt W. Miller for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 15, 2023. www.poets.org

Sarah Audsley: "A Massive Aquarium Holding 1,500 Tropical Fish Bursts"

November 14, 2023 07:00 - 4 minutes

Recorded by Sarah Audsley for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 14, 2023. www.poets.org

SM Stubbs: "Faith"

November 13, 2023 07:00 - 3 minutes

Recorded by SM Stubbs for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 13, 2023. www.poets.org

Alexander Posey: "The Bluebird"

November 12, 2023 07:00 - 3 minutes

Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 12, 2023. www.poets.org

Mary Cornelia Hartshorne: "Fallen Leaves"

November 11, 2023 07:00 - 6 minutes

Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 11, 2023. www.poets.org

Donika Kelly: "I love you. I miss you. Please get out of my house."

November 10, 2023 07:00 - 3 minutes

Recorded by Donika Kelly for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 10, 2023. www.poets.org

D. A. Powell: "The Miracle of Giving"

November 09, 2023 07:00 - 4 minutes

Recorded by D. A. Powell for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 9, 2023. www.poets.org

Flower Conroy: "Frog"

November 08, 2023 07:00 - 3 minutes

Recorded by Flower Conroy for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 8, 2023. www.poets.org

Donna Spruijt-Metz: "Hoof"

November 07, 2023 07:00 - 3 minutes

Recorded by Donna Spruijt-Metz for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 7, 2023. www.poets.org

Amy Beeder: "My Poisonous Cousin the Pipevine Swallowtail"

November 06, 2023 07:00 - 3 minutes

Recorded by Amy Beeder for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 6, 2023. www.poets.org

Lynn Riggs: "The Arid Land"

November 05, 2023 07:00 - 2 minutes

Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 5, 2023. www.poets.org

Winnie Lewis Gravitt: "Sippokni Sia"

November 04, 2023 06:00 - 5 minutes

Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 4, 2023. www.poets.org

Randall Mann: "Cold War"

November 03, 2023 06:00 - 3 minutes

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

Patrick Phillips: "Galleria Ode"

November 02, 2023 06:00 - 3 minutes

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

Katie Ford: "Injury Room"

November 01, 2023 06:00 - 3 minutes

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

Guest Editor Interview: November Guest Editor Steve Bellin-Oka

November 01, 2023 04:00 - 17 minutes

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

Alexis Aceves Garcia: "The Opposite of Abandonment"

October 31, 2023 06:00 - 4 minutes

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

Cristina Rivera Garza: "Saturday, April 17, 2010 12:49 am"

October 30, 2023 06:00 - 5 minutes

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

E. E. Cummings: "Chansons Innocentes II"

October 29, 2023 06:00 - 4 minutes

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

Robert Frost: "In a Disused Graveyard"

October 28, 2023 06:00 - 3 minutes

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

Sarah Ghazal Ali: "Matrilineage (umbilicus)"

October 27, 2023 06:00 - 3 minutes

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

Maritza N. Estrada: "Audience"

October 26, 2023 06:00 - 6 minutes

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

Moncho Alvarado: "An Erasure of Senate Bill 1698 (2)"

October 25, 2023 06:00 - 3 minutes

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

Ruth Ellen Kocher: "Grow"

October 24, 2023 06:00 - 4 minutes

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

Paul Hlava Ceballos: "ER S/P GSW"

October 23, 2023 06:00 - 3 minutes

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

Angelina Weld Grimké: "Tenebris"

October 22, 2023 06:00 - 4 minutes

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

W. B. Yeats: "The Host of the Air"

October 21, 2023 06:00 - 4 minutes

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

J. Estanislao Lopez: "The Systemic"

October 20, 2023 06:00 - 3 minutes

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

Jonah Mixon-Webster: "Territory"

October 19, 2023 06:00 - 4 minutes

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

Emily Lee Luan: "The warble of melting snow is the river"

October 18, 2023 06:00 - 4 minutes

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

Vickie Vértiz: "Under the Spell of Conjunto"

October 17, 2023 06:00 - 4 minutes

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

Adam J. Gellings: "Somewhere Else"

October 16, 2023 06:00 - 3 minutes

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

Djuna Barnes: "She Passed This Way"

October 15, 2023 06:00 - 4 minutes

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

Robert Graves: "Children of Darkness"

October 14, 2023 06:00 - 3 minutes

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

Megan Fernandes: "Friends with No Benefits"

October 13, 2023 06:00 - 4 minutes

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

Chaun Webster: "[by way of entry you sit with an object]"

October 12, 2023 06:00 - 5 minutes

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

Jos Charles: "A Sonnet"

October 11, 2023 06:00 - 3 minutes

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

Cass Donish: "You, Emblazoned"

October 10, 2023 06:00 - 5 minutes

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

Sara Borjas: "Decolonialish Self-Portrait"

October 09, 2023 06:00 - 3 minutes

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

Elinor Wylie: "Let No Charitable Hope"

October 08, 2023 06:00 - 3 minutes

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

Wallace Stevens: "The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad"

October 07, 2023 06:00 - 4 minutes

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

Aracelis Girmay: "[to keep knowing]"

October 06, 2023 06:00 - 3 minutes

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

Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An American Fairytale OR What It Feels Like to Be a Parent in America"

October 05, 2023 06:00 - 3 minutes

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

Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5.8 million puerto ricans in america)"

October 04, 2023 06:00 - 4 minutes

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

Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"

October 03, 2023 06:00 - 3 minutes

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

Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"

October 02, 2023 06:00 - 3 minutes

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

Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"

October 01, 2023 06:00 - 7 minutes

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

Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Editor Vanessa Angélica Villarreal

October 01, 2023 04:00 - 11 minutes

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

Naja Marie Aidt: from "Everything Shimmers"

September 30, 2023 06:00 - 4 minutes

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

Kitty Tsui: "Without Love"

September 29, 2023 06:00 - 4 minutes

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