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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Pamela Mordecai: "savage"
2 min
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Trish Salah: "without a word"
3 min
378
Anthony Vahni Capildeo: "Niche"
3 min
379
Paolo Javier: "What good news in the world"
2 min
380
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Greenness"
3 min
381
Fitz-Greene Halleck: "Twilight"
6 min
382
Seema Reza: "The neurologist gives us permission"
2 min
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Shailja Patel: "Solstice Re-pot"
2 min
384
Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
385
Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
386
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
387
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
388
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
389
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
390
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
391
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
392
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
393
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
394
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
395
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
396
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
397
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
398
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
399
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
400
Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min