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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Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1427
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1428
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1429
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1430
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1431
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1432
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1433
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1434
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1435
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1436
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min
1437
Helen Hoyt: "The Office Building"
1 min
1438
Fanny Howe: "Margo"
3 min
1439
Rachel Levitsky: "Audience"
3 min
1440
Guest Editor Interview: September Guest Editor ...
27 min
1441
TC Tolbert: "What I really want to know is how ...
4 min
1442
Catalina Cariaga: "A Word"
6 min
1443
Joan Retallack: "POLITIES &/or SONNETS"
5 min
1444
John Gould Fletcher: "A Distant Song"
2 min
1445
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Promise"
1 min
1446
Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1447
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min
1448
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min
1449
Kyle Dacuyan: "Hunter heart a lonely is the"
6 min
1450
Barton Smock: "Soonisms"
2 min