Audio Poem of the Day
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Audio Poem of the Day

by Poetry Foundation

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

117 episodes
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1
Instruction upon Arrival
2:10 Apr 1, 2026
2
Off on Holiday
2:13 Mar 31, 2026
3
Thanking Master Zhang with a Poem (Cantonese)
0:29 Mar 30, 2026
4
The Second Slaughter
2:41 Mar 28, 2026
5
A crush of oily plant and treated white
0:48 Mar 27, 2026
6
Prayer Circle
1:52 Mar 26, 2026
7
The Swan, No. 6 (Hilma af Klint)
1:50 Mar 25, 2026
8
from Dante Études, Book One: We Will Endeavor
2:24 Mar 24, 2026
9
Things to Do with a Monster
2:24 Mar 23, 2026
10
Relating to Robinson
2:10 Mar 22, 2026
11
Recovering Talkalakh
1:03 Mar 21, 2026
12
Much in Little
0:49 Mar 20, 2026
13
Pottery Fragment #2
0:29 Mar 19, 2026
14
To You I Attribute My Blood’s Torment
1:25 Mar 18, 2026
15
There are no words
0:40 Mar 17, 2026
16
Arrivals
1:23 Mar 16, 2026
17
The Bunny Gives Us a Lesson in Eternity
0:58 Mar 15, 2026
18
Valley
0:39 Mar 14, 2026
19
Chinese Dream 14
1:05 Mar 13, 2026
20
Ekphrasis on Nude Selfie as Portrait of Saint Sebastian
4:22 Mar 12, 2026
21
Nerve
1:06 Mar 11, 2026
22
An Autopsy of an Era
0:49 Mar 10, 2026
23
Absolute Variations
1:46 Mar 9, 2026
24
Man in Space
0:47 Mar 8, 2026
25
What the Moon Said to Michael
1:13 Mar 7, 2026
26
Relaxing or Voluntarily Having Dumb, Unpleasant Experiences
0:56 Mar 6, 2026
27
A March
1:36 Mar 5, 2026
28
The Obscenity Prayer
0:36 Mar 4, 2026
29
Portrait of a Boy on the Other Side
1:20 Mar 3, 2026
30
To Be a Poet Tanka
0:27 Mar 2, 2026
31
Lichen Glows in the Moonlight
1:08 Mar 1, 2026
32
The Peacock at Alderton
1:41 Feb 28, 2026
33
[Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way]
1:53 Feb 27, 2026
34
When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer
0:51 Feb 26, 2026
35
The Sheets
0:37 Feb 25, 2026
36
Kahkaha
0:35 Feb 24, 2026
37
how many of us have them?
5:19 Feb 23, 2026
38
Notes on Poverty
0:35 Feb 22, 2026
39
How We Met
0:13 Feb 21, 2026
40
Fast Gas
1:57 Feb 20, 2026
41
Pandemic Feature: The Breakfast Club
1:20 Feb 19, 2026
42
Banjo, Dulcimer, Fiddle
0:46 Feb 18, 2026
43
Sore Throat
1:21 Feb 17, 2026
44
We Have Trees Now
2:12 Feb 16, 2026
45
maghrib
5:08 Feb 15, 2026
46
The Beautiful Animal
0:56 Feb 14, 2026
47
Scrabble with Matthews
3:15 Feb 13, 2026
48
Untitled (Blues)
1:33 Feb 12, 2026
49
(No Wind, No Rain)
0:41 Feb 11, 2026
50
CODEX©
2:11 Feb 10, 2026
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