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