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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Mary-Alice Daniel: "Ancestor Syndrome"
4 min
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Kwame Dawes: "Window Art"
3 min
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Ladan Osman: "[ ]"
3 min
54
Pindar, translated by Ernest Myers: "For Asopic...
4 min
55
Robert Bridges: "[The evening darkens over]"
3 min
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Siwar Masannat: From “With Al-Hudoud” [From abo...
2 min
57
Ashaki M. Jackson: “Four planets (but no moon) ...
3 min
58
Rabha Ashry: "the art of losing"
4 min
59
Rigoberto González: "Lessons at the Legendary I...
2 min
60
Sharan Strange: "Two-Faced Memory"
3 min
61
Countee Cullen: "Bright Bindings"
2 min
62
Sappho, translated by Bliss Carman: "[I seek an...
2 min
63
David Campos: "Kiss. Baptism."
3 min
64
Wana Udobang: "Dissonance"
3 min
65
Tyree Daye: "Again"
2 min
66
Gabeba Baderoon: "Background, or, How to Look a...
8 min
67
Sadia Hassan: "Anti-Elegy"
2 min
68
Leonard Bacon: "Critic"
2 min
69
Bryher: "In Exile"
2 min
70
Niki Herd: "Monkeys & Shows"
5 min
71
Matthew Shenoda: "The Pigeons Rose from the Flo...
3 min
72
Tara Betts: "At the BBQ Spot"
3 min
73
Mahtem Shiferraw: "Beastly"
3 min
74
A. Van Jordan: "1999"
3 min
75
Langston Hughes: "Sun Song"
2 min