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
Margaret Rhee: "The Year Before I Left For Mars"
4 min
1527
George Reginald Margetson: "The Call to Duty"
4 min
1528
Leonie Adams: "Midsummer"
2 min
1529
Jasmine Reid: "where all, we flowers"
3 min
1530
Roya Marsh: "Rememory"
2 min
1531
Sheila Maldonado: "window on my part-time emplo...
4 min
1532
Dawn Lundy Martin: from "The Laceration"
3 min
1533
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min
1534
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
1535
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
1536
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1537
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1538
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1539
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1540
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1541
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1542
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1543
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1544
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1545
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1546
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1547
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1548
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1549
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1550
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min