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 Genevieve Shubeck. 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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Lord Alfred Douglas: "In Summer"
4 min
527
Maral Taheri, translated by Hajar Hussaini: "As...
12 min
528
Pamela Mordecai: "savage"
2 min
529
Trish Salah: "without a word"
3 min
530
Anthony Vahni Capildeo: "Niche"
3 min
531
Paolo Javier: "What good news in the world"
2 min
532
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Greenness"
3 min
533
Fitz-Greene Halleck: "Twilight"
6 min
534
Seema Reza: "The neurologist gives us permission"
2 min
535
Shailja Patel: "Solstice Re-pot"
2 min
536
Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
537
Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
538
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
539
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
540
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
541
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
542
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
543
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
544
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
545
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
546
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
547
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
548
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
549
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
550
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min