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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Kayla "AluTru" Steward: "Anthills"
5 min
602
Alero "The Mimz" Ogisi: "Past Present & Future"
6 min
603
Jada Renée Allen: "Drill"
5 min
604
Joy Priest: "The Black Outside"
3 min
605
Jeanne D’Orge: "Matins"
2 min
606
Edna St. Vincent Millay: "[Say what you will, a...
4 min
607
Jan Mandell: "Ode to Aging Bodies"
3 min
608
Alafia Nicole Sessions: "Fable with Cyst, Celes...
3 min
609
Sin à Tes Souhaits: "On Crip"
4 min
610
Jayson P. Smith: "on fathers & swords"
3 min
611
Sam Sax: "My Hole. My Whole."
3 min
612
Wallace Stevens: "Peter Quince at the Clavier"
6 min
613
Dorothy Parker: "Incurable"
3 min
614
Ajanaé Dawkins: "How to Witness a Miracle Witho...
3 min
615
Tameka Cage Conley: "Kin: First Responders"
4 min
616
Nabila Lovelace: "Sojourned."
4 min
617
Tish Jones: "There Was No Sun in the Room"
2 min
618
Bernardo Wade: "The Hymn"
2 min
619
Robert Frost: "Acceptance"
3 min
620
Karle Wilson Baker: "Bluebird and Cardinal"
6 min
621
Chandler Peters-Durose: "Rest stop"
2 min
622
Desdamona: "Once and Future"
3 min
623
Farah Habad: "And out of the ashes"
3 min
624
Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wi...
5 min
625
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min