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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Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
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Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
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Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
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Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
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Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
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t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
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Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
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Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
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Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
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Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
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William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
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Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
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Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
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Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
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Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
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Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
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Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
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Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
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Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
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Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
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Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
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Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
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Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
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Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
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Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min