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: "Benediction"
0 min
1552
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
1553
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
1554
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
1555
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
1556
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
1557
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
1558
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
1559
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
1560
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
1561
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
1562
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
1563
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
1564
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
1565
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
1566
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
1567
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
1568
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
1569
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
1570
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
1571
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
1572
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min
1573
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min
1574
Lidija Dimkovska: "Journey"
5 min
1575
Marilyn Chin: "Sage #3"
1 min