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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Aaron Smith: "Sissy"
2 min
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Bryan Byrdlong: "Ode to Black Air Forces"
3 min
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Monica Rico: "A Lesson from my Father about Ele...
3 min
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Anna Akhmatova: "[Like a white stone]"
3 min
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Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
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Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
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Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
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Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
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Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
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Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
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George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
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Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
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Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
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Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
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Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
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Guest Editor Interview: March 2023 Guest Editor...
30 min
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John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
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Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
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Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
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Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
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Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
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Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
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Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
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Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
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avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min