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
Aug 25, 2022•3 min
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Episodes
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
Aug 24, 2022•9 min
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
Aug 23, 2022•5 min
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
Aug 22, 2022•4 min
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
Aug 21, 2022•4 min
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
Aug 20, 2022•4 min
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
Aug 19, 2022•4 min
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
Aug 18, 2022•5 min
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
Aug 17, 2022•4 min
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
Aug 16, 2022•3 min
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
Aug 15, 2022•5 min
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
Aug 14, 2022•6 min
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
Aug 13, 2022•3 min
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
Aug 12, 2022•4 min
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
Aug 11, 2022•3 min
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
Aug 10, 2022•5 min
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
Aug 09, 2022•5 min
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
Aug 08, 2022•4 min
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
Aug 07, 2022•6 min
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
Aug 06, 2022•4 min
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
Aug 05, 2022•5 min
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
Aug 04, 2022•4 min
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
Aug 03, 2022•4 min
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
Aug 02, 2022•5 min
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
Aug 01, 2022•3 min
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
Aug 01, 2022•15 min
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
Jul 31, 2022•4 min
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
Jul 30, 2022•4 min
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
Jul 29, 2022•7 min
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
Jul 28, 2022•6 min
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