Poem-a-Day
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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Donte Collins: "they need some of us to die"
2 min
1477
Assétou Xango: "Give Your Daughters Difficult N...
4 min
1478
Saretta Morgan: [excerpt from] Alt-Nature
2 min
1479
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
1480
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
1481
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
1482
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
1483
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
1484
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
1485
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
1486
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
1487
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
1488
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
1489
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
1490
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
1491
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
1492
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
1493
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
1494
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
1495
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
1496
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
1497
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
1498
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
1499
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
1500
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min