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.

Books
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Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min
1477
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
2 min
1478
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
1479
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
1480
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1481
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1482
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1483
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1484
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1485
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1486
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1487
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1488
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1489
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1490
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1491
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1492
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1493
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1494
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1495
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1496
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1497
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1498
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1499
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1500
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min