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.
1026
Joan Retallack: "POLITIES &/or SONNETS"
5 min
1027
John Gould Fletcher: "A Distant Song"
2 min
1028
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Promise"
1 min
1029
Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1030
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min
1031
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min
1032
Kyle Dacuyan: "Hunter heart a lonely is the"
6 min
1033
Barton Smock: "Soonisms"
2 min
1034
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1035
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1036
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1037
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1038
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1039
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1040
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1041
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1042
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1043
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1044
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1045
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1046
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1047
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1048
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1049
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1050
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min