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.
1526
Joan Retallack: "POLITIES &/or SONNETS"
5 min
1527
John Gould Fletcher: "A Distant Song"
2 min
1528
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Promise"
1 min
1529
Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1530
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min
1531
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min
1532
Kyle Dacuyan: "Hunter heart a lonely is the"
6 min
1533
Barton Smock: "Soonisms"
2 min
1534
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1535
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1536
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1537
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1538
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1539
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1540
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1541
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1542
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1543
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1544
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1545
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1546
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1547
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1548
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1549
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1550
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min