Audio Poem of the Day

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By: Poetry Foundation

Audio recordings of classic and contemporary poems read by poets and actors, delivered every day.

Tunnel to Canada
#1864
Yesterday at 5:00 PM

By Jim Daniels


Io
#1863
Last Wednesday at 5:00 PM

by Jill Osier


#1862
Last Monday at 5:00 PM

By Beth Piatote


Two Guardians
#1861
Last Sunday at 5:00 PM

By Roberto Tejada


Hearsay Song
#1860
Last Saturday at 5:00 PM

By John Yau


Citizenship [I was so afraid.]
#1859
07/11/2025

By Sarah Gambito


On a Walk
#1858
07/10/2025

By Heather Christie


Star Dust
#1857
07/09/2025

by John Pidgeon (read by Barbara Rosenblatt)


Bitch Is a Word I Hear A Lot
#1856
07/08/2025

by Kim Parko


The Road Not Taken
#1855
07/07/2025

By Robert Frost


Homage: Vallejo
#1854
07/06/2025

By Ishion Hutchinson


There Is No Meaning Here
#1853
07/05/2025

By Christine Kanownik


Infanta Marina
#1852
07/04/2025

by Wallace Stevens


Interlude
#1851
07/03/2025

By Denise Leto


When the Seed Spans the Length of the Fruit
#1850
07/02/2025

By Omotara James


Hymn
#1849
07/01/2025

By A.R. Ammons


The Farm
#1848
06/30/2025

By Joyce Sutphen


between our legs all manner of
#1847
06/29/2025

By Valerie Martinez


Pain in the House
#1846
06/28/2025

By Eleanor Ross Taylor


Eros of Bathing Stimming Dancing Pacing
#1845
06/27/2025

By Adam Wolfond


In the Surgical Ward
#1844
06/26/2025

By Carmen Calatayud 


American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin [Why are you bugging me…]
#1843
06/25/2025

By Terrance Hayes


Angel Nafis
#1842
06/24/2025

By Angel Nafis


Golden Hour [My hand out the car window:]
#1841
06/23/2025

By Huan He


blue
#1840
06/22/2025

By Alexis Pauline Gumbs


Black Momma Math
#1839
06/21/2025

By Kimberly Jae


Likeness: A Self-Portrait
#1838
06/20/2025

By Kimiko Hahn


Love Poem: Tulsidas
#1837
06/19/2025

By Timothy Liu


The Sun Underfoot Among the Sundews
#1836
06/18/2025

By Amy Clampitt


Personally Engraved
#1835
06/17/2025

By Alice Fulton


From Citizen: “You are in the dark, in the car...”
#1834
06/16/2025

By Claudia Rankine


The Sky Keeps Surprises
#1833
06/15/2025

By Ahmad Almallah


Old Pro
#1832
06/14/2025

By Emanuel Xavier


Center
#1831
06/13/2025

By Josephine Miles


Uncouplings
#1830
06/11/2025

By Craig Arnold


Green Card :: Evidence of Adequate Means of Financial Support
#1829
06/10/2025

By Ae Hee Lee


Overheard in the Herd
#1828
06/09/2025

By Jorie Graham


Revelations in the Key of K
#1827
06/08/2025

By Mary Karr


REGIONAL ALL-STAR
#1826
06/07/2025

By MICHAEL CHANG


The Fourth Hour of the Night
#1825
06/06/2025

By Frank Bidart