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
502
Paolo Javier: "What good news in the world"
2 min
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Angelina Weld Grimké: "Greenness"
3 min
504
Fitz-Greene Halleck: "Twilight"
6 min
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Seema Reza: "The neurologist gives us permission"
2 min
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Shailja Patel: "Solstice Re-pot"
2 min
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Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
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Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
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Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
510
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
511
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
512
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
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Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
514
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
515
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
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Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
517
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
518
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
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Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
520
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
521
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
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Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
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Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min
524
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min
525
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min