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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Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Rain Fugue"
4 min
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Laura Riding Jackson: "Prisms"
4 min
1378
Christian Gullette: "Palm Springs"
3 min
1379
Richie Hofmann: "Lamb"
3 min
1380
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
1384
Aphra Behn: "In Imitation of Horace"
4 min
1385
Jennifer Franklin: "Preparing for Residential P...
3 min
1386
Patrick Donnelly: "Dirk McDermott"
3 min
1387
Gustavo Hernandez: "Summer, You're a Boneyard"
3 min
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Laura Da’: "The Honest Tongue"
3 min
1389
Aaron Coleman: "'South of the North, yet north ...
3 min
1390
George Eliot: "I Grant You Ample Leave"
4 min
1391
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Enchantment"
3 min
1392
Tommy Archuleta: "Ancestry"
3 min
1393
Maxine Scates: "Look"
3 min
1394
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Hey,"
2 min
1395
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
1398
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