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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Anthony Vahni Capildeo: "Niche"
3 min
477
Paolo Javier: "What good news in the world"
2 min
478
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Greenness"
3 min
479
Fitz-Greene Halleck: "Twilight"
6 min
480
Seema Reza: "The neurologist gives us permission"
2 min
481
Shailja Patel: "Solstice Re-pot"
2 min
482
Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
483
Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
484
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
485
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
486
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
487
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
488
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
489
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
490
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
491
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
492
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
493
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
494
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
495
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
496
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
497
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
498
Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min
499
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min
500
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min