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