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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Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella: from "A Coda to ...
16 min
1477
Donte Collins: "they need some of us to die"
2 min
1478
Assétou Xango: "Give Your Daughters Difficult N...
4 min
1479
Saretta Morgan: [excerpt from] Alt-Nature
2 min
1480
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
1481
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
1482
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
1483
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
1484
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
1485
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
1486
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
1487
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
1488
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
1489
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
1490
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
1491
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
1492
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
1493
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
1494
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
1495
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
1496
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
1497
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
1498
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
1499
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
1500
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min