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
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Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1478
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1479
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1480
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1481
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1482
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1483
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1484
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1485
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1486
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min
1487
Helen Hoyt: "The Office Building"
1 min
1488
Fanny Howe: "Margo"
3 min
1489
Rachel Levitsky: "Audience"
3 min
1490
Guest Editor Interview: September Guest Editor ...
27 min
1491
TC Tolbert: "What I really want to know is how ...
4 min
1492
Catalina Cariaga: "A Word"
6 min
1493
Joan Retallack: "POLITIES &/or SONNETS"
5 min
1494
John Gould Fletcher: "A Distant Song"
2 min
1495
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Promise"
1 min
1496
Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1497
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min
1498
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min
1499
Kyle Dacuyan: "Hunter heart a lonely is the"
6 min
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Barton Smock: "Soonisms"
2 min